District Forest Officer Dantewada Vivek Acharya has sent a message saying no Tree Fern was damaged in Dantewada as reported on Swara. He accepts that NMDC had put some pipes in the Bio protected zone without permission but they removed the pipes after instruction

Moderators Note : Yashwant Ramteke stands by his story and would like pictures to tell the story.

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अच्छा हुआ अम्मा तुमने ली आंखे मूंद
वरना बुज़ुर्गों के प्रति बढती लापरवाही से
तुम्हे कितनी तकलीफ होती

अच्छा हुआ अम्मा तुमने ली आंखे मूंद
बीबी के गुलाम और बाल बच्चों में मगन
बेटों का हश्र देख तुम बहुत दुखी होती

अच्छा हुआ अम्मा तुमने ली आंखे मूंद
धर्म ग्रंथों में छपे शब्द अब कोई नहीं मानता
मां के पैरों के नीचे होती है जन्नत
जननी जन्मभूमि स्वर्ग से महान है

अच्छा हुआ अम्मा तुमने ली आंखे मूंद
वरना अक्सर सोना पडता भूखे पेट
क्योंकि सुन्न हुए हाथों से तुम बना नहीं पाती रोटियां
या घडी घडी चाय

अच्छा हुआ अम्मा तुमने ली आंखे मूंद
वरना बुज़ुर्गों की देखभाल के लिए
सरकारों को बनाना पड रहा है कानून
शिकायत पर बच्चों को हो सकती है जेल

क्या तुम बच्चों की लापरवाही की शिकायत
थाना, कचहरी में करती अम्मा?
नहीं न
अच्छा हुआ अम्मा तुमने ली आंखे मूंद

अनवर सुहैल

Himanshu Kumar says after his report of burning of 3 villages when Collector Dantewada tried to send ration to affected villages, the vehicle was stopped by Special Police officers ( SPOs) led by Surya yesterday. He reminds us that Surya is an accused in rape case on adivasi girls from Samsetti village and police has given a statement in the court saying Surya is absconding. Beating of the driver sent by collector by Surya ( also published in Hindu newspaper) proves that he is still on duty and police officials should be punished for lying to the court

Blasius Tigga of Bharat jan Andolan is telling us about disrespect of Gram Sabha by district administration in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh. He says in Gangapur village Gram Sabha has rejected the proposal of land acquisition by administration but still they have given eviction notice to some tribal families by going against the law which says in any tribal area Gram Sabha must be consulted before any land acquisition. For more please contact Mr Tigga at 09406367804

Savita Rath from Raigarh says she had called Swara on 15th March to inform that children of Anganvadi in her village did not have proper food as supplies were stopped from govt. She says the next day after the story went out, officials visited the village and arranged cooked food for the children. The officer has also assured in writing that the supplies that were due from few months now shall be delivered by 1st April. She thanks everyone who made the effort to activate the administration. For further details, contact Savita ji on 9589667419