Mid-Day meal: No payment to cooks from 6 months, To Samiti from 2 months...
Jagdish from Jaba in Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh is talking to cooks and women self help group secretary in a Higher secondary school. 6 women cooks tell him one by one that they have not got their wages from 6 months. The secretary of the self help group tells him that they have not got money from 2 months and have incurred debt of Rs 26,000. He requests us to call the collector at 09425147740 and the officer in charge at 09669479700. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883
Posted on: Nov 22, 2012. Tags: JAGDISH MID-DAY MEAL
In 52 Rewa villages adivasis have got no land deeds under Forest Rights Act
Jagdish from Land Rights Cycle Yatra in Jaba block of Rewa in MP tells us that today the month long yatra has concluded where 2000 people from 200 villages participated. They gave a memorandum to administration demanding roads in 27 villages. The letter to Chief Minister says in more than 50 villages no adivasi have got land deeds under Forest Rights Act. In 52 villages people have got land deeds but have not got possession of land. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883
Posted on: Nov 16, 2012. Tags: FOREST JAGDISH LAND REWA
Used to till forest land from 3 generations, Came rights act and land is gone!
Jagdish Ji with Land rights cycle Yatra in Jaba block of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh has reached village Manari today. There he meets a widow called Dukhiya. She tells him that they were farming a forest land from last 3 generations. Then forest rights act came in 2006. Govt came with computers to measure the land and then the land was snatched by some powerful people. She complained to police but there is no action. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883
Posted on: Oct 31, 2012. Tags: FOREST JAGDISH LAND
Got food only on 15th August, No mid day meal from 3 years, says students...
Jagdish with Land rights cycle yatra in Jaba block of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh has reached Choudidadi village today. The village has 500 adivasis. 70 families have applied for land deed under forest rights act but only 27 have got it. Village has no anganwadi but a school. The children tell him that they have not got any mid day meal from last 3 years. They got food only on 15th August. Pls call local officials at 07697029110 and 09669479500 and Collector at 09425147740. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883
Posted on: Oct 28, 2012. Tags: FOOD JAGDISH MID-DAY MEAL
In this adivasi village 8 got land deeds under Forest rights act, 85 waiting...
Jagdish with Land rights cycle yatra in Jaba block of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh has reached village Dhakhra in Ataila gram panchayat. 875 adivais live in this village.He finds that only 8 families have got land deeds under forest rights act where as 85 families are still waiting. Old have not got pension from 4 months. The village has a mini anganwadi which has 80 children so by law the village should get a full anganwadi. For more Jagdish ji can be reached at 09893905883
