Anganwadi opens once a week in this Baiga village, No food rest of the days
Naresh Bunkar is visiting village Kandavani at the border of Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh with Mandla in MP. People there tell him that the Anganwadi in charge there comes once in 2 months. Her assistant reaches once a week and cook mid day meal. Rest of the days the center is closed and Baiga children and pregnant women are suffering. Mitanin health workers are also not getting any medicine to distribute.Complaints dont help. Naresh Ji is at 08720822286
Posted on: Oct 08, 2013. Tags: FOOD NARESH BUNKAR
RTI: No papers available to explain Balco bauxite mining in Adivasi areas...
Naresh Bunkar from Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh is telling that Bharat Aluminium Co ( Balco) is mining bauxite on land of 5 Adivasi villages from 1997 which it took on 20 years lease. 66 Baiga Adivasis were displaced. Today when we are demanding papers for starting the mining operation and the whole process of taking those land under RTI they say no papers are available. Please help us get the whole process investigated. For more Naresh Ji is at 08720822286
Posted on: Oct 08, 2013. Tags: MINING NARESH BUNKAR
Impact: Officer promise school building for adivasi children after Swara report
Naresh Bunkar from Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh is telling that he had reported on Swara on 30th September about a school for Baiga adivasi children in Pipartola village of Amania panchayat where the school does not have a building and school does not have utensils for cooking mid day meal. Today he has got a call from Education department and the officer has promised to solve both the problems soon. For more Bunkar Ji can be reached at 08720822286
Posted on: Oct 04, 2013. Tags: EDUCATION NARESH BUNKAR
Electricity company destroying farmer's standing crop without compensation
Naresh Bunkar from Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh is telling that a company is laying power line between Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and Jabalpur in MP and are destroying farmer’s standing crop without any notice and permission. He speaks to one adivasi farmer Khurau Gond who tells him that they have destroyed his half acre standing crop of paddy.The officer of transmission company in that area is 9669778071. For more Naresh Ji is at 08720822286
Posted on: Oct 03, 2013. Tags: ELECTRICITY NARESH BUNKAR
Impact: Getting mid day meal after Swara report but no school building yet...
Naresh Bunkar from Pandaria block in Kabirdham district in Chhattisgarh is telling that he had reported couple of months back about Govt primary school in Pipartola village of Amania panchayat. 35 Baiga children goes to that school. After reporting on Swara the children are now getting mid day meal but all the 5 classes are still conducted in a room 7 feet by 3 feet. They also do not have utensil for cooking mid day meal. Pls help.For more Naresh Ji is at 08720822286
