Naresh Bunkar is calling from Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh to tell that contractor responsible for making Govt road between Sendurkhar and Sarpani has illegally cut trees in forest and is mining for road metal. He is baffled that if Baiga adivasis capture any forest land and cut a single tree they are sent to jail but forest officials are not acting on this illegal work which is happening in broad daylight in front of them. Pls take action. For more Naresh Ji is at 08720822286

My name is Santosh Painkra. I am calling from Madanpur panchayat in Podi Uproda block of Korba district in Chhattisgarh. I had filled up for land deeds under Forest Rights Act. I have filled it up again in 2013. I make round of officials who tell me that they have sent our application to top officials but have not heard back. I want to ask that we adivasis be given land deed under FRA, is it true or is it a hoax. For more Sanotsh Ji is at 09009803194

Sanchari Bai is from a nomad community who are living in Satna district of MP for sometime. She says Govt has not given them any facility so far after repeated requests but want to give that land to industry. She says they have more than 75 children but they have no school, no water and no ration cards. No one in their community of 150 people have any Govt job. She requests Govt to help them with land deeds. For more Sanchariji can be reached at 7389196991

Sunil Verma from Ranchi is telling us about Gram Sabha in Jala village in Balumath block of Latehar district. Three times before when villagers tried to assemble for Gram Sabha they were threatened by insurgent group Tritiya Prastuti Committee, a breakaway faction of Maoists allegedly on behalf of companies. Today villagers have sent a proposal to authorities that they will not give 456 hectare of forest land to companies for mining. For more Sunil Ji is at 09199533265

Sunil Verma from Ranchi is telling story of village Jala in Latehar district which has applied for Community Rights on 456 hectare of land in 2011 according to Forest Rights Act. The same land was alloted for coal mining to 2 companies including Tata. He alleges officials have not only rejected the villager’s claim on flimsy grounds but are harassing them by filing criminal cases and using an inusrgent group TPC to threaten them. For more Sunil Ji is at 09199533265