My name is Tewaiah.I am calling from Urlladosapalli, Krishnasagaram village, Bhurgampadu mandalam, Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh. We are Gondi people displaced from Chhattisgarh. In our village there is a cheap liquor shop where adivasis are spending their hard earned money and are falling sick. They are also fighting with each other. We have requested administration to close this shop but police also drinks in the same shops. For more Tewaiah Ji can be reached at 09502946226

Alok Shukla from Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan is telling us about two agitations tomorrow against Coal mines. One is at Ghatbarra village in Udaipur of Surguja where administration did fraud in passing a false Gram Sabha resolution in favor of Adani company who wants to open a coal mine there and people are protesting. The second agitation is planned in Jagannathpur village of the same district where Mahan 2 project is coming up. For more Alok Ji can be reached at 09977634040

My name is Jayanti Sahu. I am calling from village Panditarai in Ambagarh Chowki block of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh. Sahu samaj in my village has decided on a dress code for women and if anyone does not obey that she will have to pay Rs 501 as punishment. I protest it. Why there is no dress code for men? We are free women and we are free to dress as we wish and we need your help for the same. For more Jayanti Ji can be reached at 08349338277

My name is Alok Shukla. I am calling from Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan. We are organising a rally in Dharmajaigarh in Raigarh district on 3rd October to protest the allocation of coal blocks to private companies. In Dharmajaigarh block itself 10 coal blocks have been distributed. Thanks to coal block to DB power and Balco the city of Dharmajaigarh will be finished. Leaders like BD Sharma, Arvind Netam, Heer Singh Markam have agreed to join the rally. For more Alok can be reached at 09977634040

Alok Shukla says that the message about saving of Jan Jangal Jameen has gone down to people in meetings, personal contact. Thousands of people participated in the yatra and the time they spent talking to each other, has shown that the concerns we are raising are close to their hearts.
He would like people to realise that the resources in Chhattisgarh should be used in a balanced and considered manner. The state is not doing this. The attack on livelihoods, migration of people, is growing, and people need to come together and resist the pressure in an empowered way.
Prakash Gupta brings us this interview from Sarguja.