Bhan Sahu is talking to social activist Chanchal Kumar in Pithora Chhattisgarh who is telling story of 7 dalit families in Gidni village in Basna block in Mahasamund district whose houses have been flattened by local officials to make a school. These families were living and working on this Govt land from 23 years. There request to give them an alternative land on humanitarian ground has gone to deaf ears. You are requested to help. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 9406033089

Jagdish Ji is attending Land rights conference in Jabalpur MP and is talking to two adivasis from Dhar and Jhabua districts who tell him that they are living and working on forest land from many generations and have applied for land rights under Forest Rights Act in 2008 but their application was rejected and none in their area have got land rights. You are requested to call Collector of Dhar and Jhabua to expedite land right destribution. Jagdish@9424745340

Umrao Ji a Korku adivasi from village Pipalbarra in Chicholi block in Betul district in Madhya Pradesh is complaining that in his village there are around 150 families and all the people who have land they have also got Below Poverty line cards but the people who dont have land and are completely dependent on manual labor for their survival do not have cards. You are requested to call officials to help. For more Umrao Ji can be reached at 9479598133

JM Rangeela is talking to Shyam Sundar Mahto of Jharkhand Kisan Sabha who tells him that in Jharkhand more than 11 lakh adivasis have applied for Forest Rights Act but only 13700 people have got the rights yet. He alleges that since 1991 the Govt officials are more interested towards industries and though Jharkhand has contributed a lot towards getting the Forest act passed the rate of implementation here is very slow. Rangeela@8002242808

Vijendra Singh Rathor from Bhartiya Kisan Union in Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh is talking to a farmer Kailash Rathor from Chotal village in Jaitahari block who says that Moser Baer company who is building a power plant has dumped concrete and sand on his land from 2 years and he is not able to farm. When he complains to company officials they simply abuse him. You are requested to call SDM at 9425811550 to help. For more Rathor Ji is at 9630846060