Naresh Bunkar from Pandaria block in Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh is talking to Chain Singh Baiga from Baijalpur village who tells him that 144 Baiga families from Daldali hills came down in 2002 as advised by the government. But they have not got any support as promised. There is no electricity, no road in their village and they are also running pillar to post to get land deeds under forest rights act. For more Naresh Ji can be reached at 08720822286

Jagdish Ji from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh is today talking to adivasis from Bijhwa village who tell him that they are working on forest land there from 1980 but they have not got land deeds under Forest Rights Act. They tell him that though the forest department in harassing adivasis but in the same forest land an outsider saint has captured more than 5 acre of land. He has made a pukka house and have dug a tube well but forest department says nothing to him. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

My name is Krishna. I am calling from Bilawalnagar village in Mohamdi Tahsil in Lakhimpur Kheri district in UP. Our ancestors were brought to this region by forest department from eastern India in 1920s for plantation work in Pilibhit district. In 1970s our village was washed away due to flood in Sharda river and we were shifted to this village. Forest department has been attacking our village since then and have burnt our houses many times. You are requested to call SDM at 09454416468 and DM at 09454417558 to help us according to Forest Rights Act. For more Krishna Ji can be reached at 08765645996

Jagdish from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh is meeting few adivasis from a village called Gadhbhoi who tells him that they are around 1000 people who are living on forest land from year 1975 in that village. They have applied for land deeds under Forest Rights Act and have followed it up with officials also in block level but they are yet to get their deeds. In their forest village there is no electricity, school, anganwadi, water or road. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

My name is Savalam Shekhar. I am calling from Vigitota village, Chinturu mandal of Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh. We are doing podu cultivation here from more than 30 years. But we are yet to get land deeds under Forest Rights Act for the forest land we are cultivating. We have been to forest officials many times but they do not help. They only harass us. Pls help us. For more Shekhar Ji can be reached at 09494318364