Anil Gudia from Palamu district in Jharkhand says on 27th July a ration shop dealer Lalmani Singh and his sons had beaten dalit lady Saraswati Devi when they had gone to ask for due ration from 5 months. I had reported it on Swara and some other forums requesting people to call officials. Thanks to those calls two sons of the dealer has now been arrested and his license has been cancelled though he remains absconding. All the friends are requested to put pressure on DIG at 09431706134 so that they arrest him. Pls also call SDM at 09431183170 so the victims are given their due ration from 5 months. For more Gudia Ji can be reached at 09430715638

Rajim Ketwas from Pithora in Chhattisgarh is telling us about their experience with Swara. She says we are using Swara from last 2 years and today I would like to share the positive results we have had so far. Many people in our area had not got their NREGA wages for months. After reporting on Swara they got the wages within a week. We also stopped some fraud in the scheme after reporting. In some villages there was corruption in Public Distribution system and people who did not pay bribes were not given subsidized ration for months. After villagers told their story on Swara, newspaper people helped us and people got BPL cards and ration within a week. Forest Rights act was not getting implemented properly in this area and when we spoke about it on Swara we got a call from Chief Secretary of the state the next day and higher forest oficials visited and we got our rights under FRA very soon. Swara is a democratic medium of ours and I will request all of us to use it as we have done here, that is the reason I am telling our story today. For more Rajim ji can be reached at 09424215854

Rajim Ketwas from Pithora in Chhattisgarh is telling us about their experience with Swara. She says we are using Swara from last 2 years and today I would like to share the positive results we have had so far. Many people in our area had not got their NREGA wages for months. After reporting on Swara they got the wages within a week. We also stopped some fraud in the scheme after reporting. In some villages there was corruption in Public Distribution system and people who did not pay bribes were not given subsidized ration for months. After villagers told their story on Swara, newspaper people helped us and people got BPL cards and ration within a week. Forest Rights act was not getting implemented properly in this area and when we spoke about it on Swara we got a call from Chief Secretary of the state the next day and higher forest oficials visited and we got our rights under FRA very soon. Swara is a democratic medium of ours and I will request all of us to use it as we have done here, that is the reason I am telling our story today. For more Rajim ji can be reached at 09424215854

Mangal Kunjam from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is telling us that Hemant Kashyap from Dantewada had reported about a village called Pondum on 13th July where children were eating their mid day meal rice only with salt and cillies as they were not provided any pulses or vegetables. He says the next day on 14th July Collector had ordered an enquiry and now two teachers in charge of mid day meal has been suspended and according to newspaper it has been found that the situation was similar in quite a few schools. He thanks Collector and Mr Kashyap for helping the children. For more Mr Kunjam can be reached at 09407785015

Dr Haneef from Bhadrachalam in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh is telling us that yesterday 7 adivasis from Matili area of Malkangiri district of Odisha were abducted while passing by Bhadrachalam to go for work. 2 of them who could escape had recorded their message on Swara and since then many have helped. And thanks to their efforts police have arrested the agents and rescued the 5 adivasis. They were very pleased and have now left for their onward journey. We thank all of you who helped specially Mr Vineel Krishna former collector of Malkangiri who took lots of interest in the case. For more Dr Haneef can be reached at 09490353568