Rajim from Chhattisgarh is talking to an adivasi in Teka village who has got land rights for 3 acre of forest land under Forest Rights Act but the officials of forest department are threatening him and are not allowing him to till the land. Monsoon is half way but the farmer has not tilled the land yet. For more Rajim can be reached at 09907047650

Rajim today is sitting in a village called Teka where they are discussing the issue of Forest Rights Act. She discovers that more than 60% application in FRA has been rejected in these three villages. The head of Forest protection committee who is also sitting in the meeting says people are farming on the land and have also built their houses for which the application has been rejected. He is preparing to file an appeal against it. For more Rajim Ji can be reached at 09907047650

Shivrani Goswami from Kanker district of Chhattisgarh says there is a village called Narharpur where there are tribals and non tribals living on forest land from 1996. According to Forest Rights Act they applied for deeds of the land on 2008 but Govt has not responded yet. Now the forest department has dug their land for plantation. Poeple have sent letters to all the authorities but the local forest official is threatening of sending them to jail. For more Shivrani ji can be reached at 09589513030

Santosh Tudu travels to a village in Bokaro district of Jharkhand and meets a person who loves forest. Govind Ram Tudu has been working on a piece of land near his village to develop it as a forest for all his life. Then some anti social elements burnt the forest and sold off the wood. Then Govt got involved and made him president of Forest protection committee. Govt wants to pay him half of the wages which he has refused. After that they have appointed a 65 year old deaf in his place. For more on the story Santosh can be reached on 09471756840

Bhan Sahu today is talking to Arun Ji from Bharatpur in Koria district of Chhattisgarh. Arun Ji says our Govt is showing too much interest in giving land to industrialists but that enthusiasm is not seen when giving forest land to adivasis or sorting their land problem is concerned. He says in remote areas like Bharatpur Forest department officials are still creating havoc in adivasi lives and Govt has been able to deliver on its promise of giving forest land to many. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09406033089