Arpana Pada from Nagri village near Ranchi says we are sitting on a day and night protest dharna from 4th April against govt move to take our 227 acre fertile land for building Indian Institute of Management and Law college by force. 5000 people are dependent on this land. From last 2 days 500 policemen have arrived and they have ordered section 144 to start work on boundary wall. People are sad and worried about their future. They need your help at this moment of crisis. For more Arpana Ji can be reached at 08092439822

Tarpari Ji from Jharkhand says that they have found that in tribal areas of Jharkhand the rate of maternal death at child birth is 3 times more than the average. He says in parts of 2 blocks in Godda District between April 2011 & Feb 2012 in a population of about 1,36,000 with an estimated births of 3117 there has been 23 Maternal deaths, which is about 3 times of the State reported figure (261 per 100,000 live births).72% of the deaths were in tribal communities (Santhal & Paharia) .For more Tarpari ji can be reached at 09934353484