My name is Jagdish. I am calling from Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh. Today I am visiting a village called Ghuman in Jaba block. This village has 100 adivasi families who had applied for ration card and BPL card a year back but no one is listening to them and they are running from pillar to post. This area was ruled by kings before independence but after that also the adivasis live in same fear and their situation has not changed. Pls call Tahsildar Mr Munavvar Khan to help them at 09425470736. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

Naresh Bunkar from Adivasi Jan Van adhikar Manch in Kabirdham district in Chhattisgarh says we went to a village called Kandavani which is a village of Baiga tribals up on the hills. This village is 80kms from district headquarter and 47 kms from block headquarter. 105 Baigas have told that they have got ration cards this year but had to pay Rs 200 for each card. When we confronted the official with this information he has promised to return the money within a week but this is an example how Baigas are getting exploited in the region which needs inspection and correction. For more Naresh ji can be reached at 08717872770

Anil Gudia from Daltonganj in Jharkhand is telling us about beating of a dalit woman Saraswati Devi when she went to ask about subsidized ration in Public distribution Shop. The dealer is not giving ration to from last 4 months. Last week when some women went to ask about it she was brutally beaten up by the PDS dealer. A complaint to the police and SDM has not generated any action so far. You are requested to call SDM Mr Bindeshwari at 09431138170 and DIG Mr Praveen at 09431706134 for immediate action. For more Gudia Ji can be reached at 09430715638

My name is Padaam Raju (village Krishan Sagar, Mushalamadugu G.P., Dhurgampadu Mandal, Khammam district, AP). We had migrated from Chatti village in Chinthuru Mandal (Khammam), 25-30 years back. We have recently got power supply and bore well. But we still do not have ration cards, patta for our lands. We have given petitions nearly 3-4 times to Project Officer, ITDA about our problems. But till now we have got no response from ITDA. We cast our votes too. We also gave Rs. 60,000/- for the purpose of getting land pattas, to V.R.O and M.R.O. Until now no one responded from government side. Not only me, we have 30 houses in our village. They are also facing similar problems. Please help us.For more Raju ji can be reached at 9502946226

Afzal Khan from Bhopalpatnam in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh says after the start of Salwa Judum in 2005 Maoists had broken Govt buildings and Govt had moved ration shops for subsidized food to Bhopalpatnam town and people from Sandra area are traveling 80 kms to get their food since. This way a 2 rs kg rice costs Rs 22 while it reaches the adivasi. The adivasis have requested the Govt to give their ration for entire monsoon period in advance and we request the Govt to listen to their plea. For more Mr Khan can be reached at 09479214668