Naresh Bunkar traveling with CGnet Swara Citizen Journalism Awareness Tour is calling from Birjunagar village in Pandaria block of Kabirdham district in Chhattisgarh where he is talking to local Baiga adivasis who are telling that people from Dhoba community from nearby village of Amania have cut 15 acre of teak tree to make agriculture farms which is causing problem for adivasis from the area. Pls talk to SDO@7587013320 to stop this. Naresh@8720822286

Naresh Bunkar visiting with CGnet Swara Citizen Journalism Awareness Tour has reached Banki weekly market in Bodla block of Kabirdham district in Chhattisgarh where Baiga adivasis tell him that Balco (Vedanta) is not returning land as they had taken as per promise after bauxite mining started here in 2005 in Daldali area. CM had also promised the same.You are requested to call Collector@9425270044 to force company to fulfil its promise. Naresh@9630770722

Naresh Bunkar traveling with CGnet Swara Citizen Journalism Awareness Tour is calling from Banki weekly market in Bodla block of Kabirdham district in Chhattisgarh where he meets Baiga adivasi from Bodai village of Kesmarda panchayat who tell him that 174 of them applied for Forest Rights Act after approval from Gram Sabha but only 22 of them have got the deeds. Please call Collector@9425270044 to help Baiga Adivasis. Bunkar@9630770722

Premnarayan is calling from Kiraygaon village of Chakiya Tehsil, Chandhauli district in Uttar Pradesh and says Forest dept has captured his ancestral land without notice and neither letting him to farm nor to live there. He has appealed to officers but received no response. He is appealing Swara listeners to call Commissioner@ 9451002088, Tahsildar@ 9454417063, SDM@9454417059,DM@ 9454417576 to help him to get the land back.Premnarayan@ 9695358226.

Chhotu Adivasi travelling with Bhumi Adhikar Yatra of Rashtriya Dalit Mahasabha has reached Kusha village of Sirmaur block, Rewa district in MP today. He is talking to landless dalit and adivasi villagers who say they never hand any land and are forced to do labor at lands of upper caste people who pay less and which has no dignity. He is appealing listeners to force Govt to initiate land distribution to uplift these people. Chhotu Adivasi@7024780623.