Villagers vow to continue demand leveling of closed mines to restart farming...

Subhash Gayali is talking to us today from village Nagda in Dhanbad district. He is attending a meeting of Grameen Vikas Sangharsh Samiti where many villagers are taking part. The villagers say that they will continue their struggle against the mining comoany demanding that the company levels the closed coal mines and give the land back to farmers so that they can restart their farming. They have also decided to raise other local issues. For more Gayali Ji can be reached at 07654251397

Posted on: Jan 14, 2013. Tags: Subhash Gayali

Odisha:In 2 Gram Panchayats children not getting Mid Day meal from month...

My name is Sushant. I am calling from Paikmal block of Bargarh district of Odisha. In two gram panchayats Dhanrajpur and Kechhodadar of our block no mid day meal to students is served from more than a month. The teachers tell us that they are not getting supplies of ration. Some of them have complained but nothing has improved. You are requested to please help the suffering children. For more Sushant Ji can be reached at 09776520644

Posted on: Jan 13, 2013. Tags: MID-DAY MEAL ODISHA SUSHANT BARGARH

Polavaram dam project will destroy lives of lakhs of adivasis in AP, CG, Odisha

My name is Kurasam Subbaro. I am calling from Kummurau village, Chinturu mandal, Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh. If project Polavaram comes through almost 270 villages will immerse, 3 lack tribal people will become land less and 3.8 lakhs acres of land will go. Due to this all the tribal people are against this project as demerits or enormous and heavy loss particularly to the tribal people only. Please help us fight the project which will destroy tribals. For more Subbarao Ji can be reached at 09618165056

Posted on: Jan 12, 2013. Tags: KURASAM SUBBARAO ODISHA

Adivasi woman alleges her husband was shot by police while he was fishing...

Khuturam Sunani in Kumna block of Nuapada district of Odisha is talking to an adivasi woman Rayamati Majhi who tells her that on 8th January her husband Habe Majhi was fishing when security forces who were patrolling the area fired and injured him and one more person Hari Majhi. Both of them are in hospital in Sambalpur. She says they are landless and fishing was their source of income. For more Sunani Ji can be reached at 09937712646

Posted on: Jan 11, 2013. Tags: Khuturam Sunani

School building work in Adivasi village started 6 years ago, Not completed yet

Khuturam Sunani is telling us about adivasi village of Mahuljharan in Khariar block of Nuapada district. He talks to a villager Hutasan Majhi who tells him that in his village Govt started a school in 2000. First they made a hut for the school and money was sanctioned in 2006 for the school buiding. In 2010 the Govt sent some more money but after six years the work is still not complete. There are 30 students and two teachers in the school. For more Sunani Ji can be reached at 09437657625

Posted on: Dec 21, 2012. Tags: EDUCATION KHUTURAM SUNANI

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