FRA: Adivasis dont get land deeds but non adivasis are capturing forest land...

Dr Haneef in Bhdrachalam mandal of Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh is visiting a village called Chintalgudem where he meets an adivasi Ponem Narsaiah who tells him that he is cultivating forest land from generations but have not got land deeds under forest rights act. But many non adivasi agents are coming to the region after announcement of Polavaram dam nearby and are trying to capture forest land whereas adivasis are waiting for land deeds. For more Dr Haneef can be reached at 09490353568

Posted on: Jan 08, 2013. Tags: DR HANEEF FOREST LAND

Live report from foot march demanding 5 acre land to each landless in MP...

Achchhelal Adivasi is traveling with the 6 month long foot march in Rewa Madhya Pradesh. The march is demanding 5 acre of land to each landless dalit and adivasi. The Yatra will culminate in Bhopal in June 2013. There are more than 200 women are participating in the Yatra at the meoment and he helps us listen to their voices from the yatra. He is looking for help from us for the Yatra. For more Achchhelal Ji can be reached at 09685579985

Posted on: Jan 08, 2013. Tags: ACHCHHELAL ADIVASI LAND

Forest Rights: Govt brought Baigas down from hills but yet to give land deeds

Naresh Bunkar from Pandaria block in Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh is talking to Chain Singh Baiga from Baijalpur village who tells him that 144 Baiga families from Daldali hills came down in 2002 as advised by the government. But they have not got any support as promised. There is no electricity, no road in their village and they are also running pillar to post to get land deeds under forest rights act. For more Naresh Ji can be reached at 08720822286

Posted on: Jan 07, 2013. Tags: FOREST LAND NARESH BUNKAR

Adivasis working on Forest land from 1980,Yet to get land deeds under FRA...

Jagdish Ji from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh is today talking to adivasis from Bijhwa village who tell him that they are working on forest land there from 1980 but they have not got land deeds under Forest Rights Act. They tell him that though the forest department in harassing adivasis but in the same forest land an outsider saint has captured more than 5 acre of land. He has made a pukka house and have dug a tube well but forest department says nothing to him. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

Posted on: Jan 06, 2013. Tags: FOREST JAGDISH LAND

Rally to commemorate lathicharge on people opposing land to Jindal Steel...

Rajesh Tripathi from Jan Chetna Manch in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh is reporting live from a rally to commemorate the day in 2008 when protesters were beaten up by police when they were opposing their land being given to Jindal. The rally demanded that all the land given to industries in Chhattisgarh should be investigated by CBI under Supreme Court. For more Rajesh Ji can be reached at 09424183510

Posted on: Jan 05, 2013. Tags: LAND RAJESH TRIPATHI

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