Prakash Gupta is talking to Sarpanch of Kanaknagar in Surajpur district of Chhattisarh who tells him that when he had met him on 18th May he had recorded an interview saying NREGA payments of Rs 7 lakhs are due in his village from more than 5 months. He is telling him today that after the interview went on air on 19th May higher officials got active and an inspection team visited the village after a week and the payments were made the next day. He thanks all the officials and Swara on behalf of the laborers who were helped. For more Prakash can be reached at 07697852665

Prakash Gupta from Surguja is helping us hear former minister and Schedule Tribe Commission head Dilip Singh Bhuria who is suggesting at a rally that people should put a barrier at the border of 5th schedule districts so that non tribals can not enter. He says the PESA law says even Govt can not take Adivasi land without their permission but Govt will not tell the people about this law and is also not returning illegally taken lands which adivasis should unite to take them back. For more Prakash ji can be reached at 07697852665

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.

Asks Vijay Bhai from a village on the way of the Jan Chetna Yatra. He explains the process which will follow- first some incentives will be offered to people who own the land where factories and mines are being planned. Once the bait is swallowed by the greedy, the others will follow suit- if only to match up with the people who now have some compensation.
This is the way development has happened, he says. He draws attention to the future problems like the ones all Hindi speaking people are facing in other parts of the country from where they are being driven out, identified as outsiders whether they are from Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh or MP.
Prakash Gupta brings us this interview.

Prakash Gupta is with Jan Chetna Yatra today which has reached Surajpur district in Chhattisgarh. He helps us listen to their leader Vijay Bhai who is telling the farmers that their ancestors fought and got a law which says even Govt can nt take an inch of their land if they do not want. The problem is that people do not know about it. He says if they land is given to the industrialists the state will not belong to the farmers any more. The Yatra had started on 13th May from Korba and is talking to farmers in North Chhattisgarh. For more Prakash Ji can be reached at 07697852665