Pls call Collector Nuapada to help rescued bonded laborers
Khuturam Sunani is telling us a pathetic story of Paharia adivasis of Dhkunpani village in Nuapada district of Odisha who were forced to migrate to Andhra after forest department stopped allowing them to use bamboo which is their traditional work. There was no other Govt work going in village. The brick kiln owner harassed them a lot and now 26 of them have been rescued with the help of an NGO and local police chief but the labor department is not giving them compensation as per the Bonded labor act. Please call Collector at 09437120722 and Labor officer at 09938524175. For more please contact 09437657625
Posted on: May 24, 2012. Tags: KHUTURAM SUNANI NUAPADA
Swara training in Utnoor, Adilabad distict, Andhra Pradesh
Surender Sayani from Hyderabad helps a trainee in Adilabad Swara training workshop to record a message in Gondi, about a local festival where children go from home to home, people will throw water on them, they will dance, and in the evening they will cook gulab jamun vada and chicken curry.
For details of how Swara is expanding in Andhra, and training workshop please call Surender at 09849078679
Posted on: May 20, 2012. Tags: ADILABAD SAYANI SURENDER
Its another normal job, proud to be woman railway coolie...
Surendra Hanspal is surprised to find a woman as coolie in Raipur railway station in Chhattisgarh. He finds out that there are two women coolies amongst many men. He speaks to one of them Paras who tells him that it is like any other normal job. She is happy that she can earn upto 300 rupees a day whereas in normal labor work she can not earn more than 100. She says some passengers want to avoid her but she is very happy and proud of her work which is helping her family. For more Hanspal ji can be reached at 09425202442
Posted on: May 12, 2012. Tags: Surendra Hanspal
IAS select says wants to bring city like facilities in villages
Surendra Hanspal is meeting Ritesh Agrawal in Kharora near Raipur in Chhattisgarh who has been selected in IAS from this small town. In the interview Mr Agarwal says he got inspiration to become an IAS from this small village where there were not much facilities and he had to live in a hostel for his education. He says IAS is an opportunity to change that. He says we can stop corruption in society by bringing value education. For more Surendra ji can be reached at 09425202442
Posted on: May 11, 2012. Tags: Surendra Hanspal
Waiting for NREGA compensation for 2 years...
Pitbasu Bhoi from Surguja in Chhattisgarh says I worked for NREGA for 100 days in 2010 and was not paid and had to give a heavy price ( His son died in hospital while he was still running around to get his NREGA wages). Then he got the wages after it was raised in Swara and then in many newspapers but he is still waiting for compensation for late payment. He has written to all officials including the collector but has got no reply. Today he has complained to Lokpal and hopes he will get justice. For more Mr Bhoi can be reached at 07566212015
