Yashwant Ramteke from Dantewada says in nearby Barsur a private company has quietly started work on a 50 MW hydel power project on river Indravati and villagers are not happy about it. But when adivasis try to oppose it the police beats them up and sends them back. This issues needs looking into. For more Yashwant ji can be reached at 09424278552

Yashwant Ramteke from Dantweda in Chhattisgarh says National Mineral Development corporation ( NMDC) run iron ore mines are the only big industrial activity in Bastar district at the moment. NMDC takes good care of its regular employees but mainly local adivasis are employed by contractors who does not take good care of them and adivasis get exploited because they are not educated and they do not know their rights. When it is raised with NMDC they say it is not their duty to ensure well being of these daily wage laborers which much change. For more Ramteke ji can be reached at 09424278552

Yashwant Ramteke from Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh is telling us about villages which do not exist in any official record. He says he met people from a village called Karka about which the local Tahsildar had no idea though the village is just few kilometers from Bailadila mines. Because the village is not in revenue or any other kind of records, the village gets no Govt support and does not have any handpump or school or electricity. There are many such villages here which do not exist according to Govt.For more Yashwant Ji can be reached at 09424278552

Yashwant Ramteke from Bacheli in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh says National Mineral Development Corporation which has iron ore mines in the area uses double standards as far as safety of the workers is concerned. He says NMDC takes care well of its full time employees but daily wage laborers who are mainly local adivasis they are ignored. He speaks to one such worker who says when they try to raise these issues NMDC officials threaten them of firing from their work. For more Yashwant Ji can be reached at 09424278552

A 50 mw hydro power station has again been proposed at Bodhghat by Ramsey company from Hyderabad and some preliminary steps were taken. But 42 villages had meetings of their gram panchayats and have decided that this power project would destroy their water, forest and land. The villagers have demanded that the power plant construction should be stopped forthwith. For details please contact Yeshwant Ramteke at 09424278552