Forest dept gives oral eviction orders to tribals in Gir forest

Ashok Shrimali from Gujarat says forest department has given oral eviction orders to 30 tribal families who lives inside the Gir National forest. At one side Govt is making special arrangements for tourists which create lots of problem for the wildlife but are evicting people living there for many years. Many organisations are coming together to start a satyagraha to protest againt this order. For more Ashok ji can be reached at 09825023180

Posted on: Oct 26, 2011. Tags: ASHOK SHRIMALI FOREST

Borewell was a boon which turned a bane!

Tapan Das is telling a story about a village called talsepani in Nuapada district of Odisha. The village is surrounded by hills from all sides and when administration put a handpump in the village in 1988 people got very happy. But slowly people started falling ill and much later they realized that it was due to excess fluoride in the handpump water. He says many villages in the area are suffering from this problem and people are suffering. For more Tapan ji can be reached at 09437292871

Posted on: Oct 26, 2011. Tags: Tapan Das

School on forest land, so children forced to study under tree

Khuturam Sunani is talking to a villager in Bolangir district of Odisha who says the school in his village was inaugurated by MLA in 2006 but because it is on forest land so the forest department is not allowing a school building to be built and children are forced to study under a tree. People have also not got the community land rights under Forest Rights Act which can inable them to make a school building. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625

Posted on: Oct 26, 2011. Tags: EDUCATION FOREST KHUTURAM SUNANI LAND

Happy Diwali to all

A Happy Diwali to all from Gunjan ji of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti , Delhi. She wishes all a prosperous and happy life and best wishes for a wonderful day of celebrations. For more Gunjan Ji can be reached at 09871922369

Posted on: Oct 26, 2011. Tags: Gunjan

Allegation of selling Govt land with official connivance...

Hyder Ansari from Bokaro is telling us that some influential people have occupied 182 acre of Govt land with connivance of Govt officials and are selling it to people to make houses there. He says there are more cases like this and all of them needs to be investigated and these Govt lands should only be used for Govt purposes. For more Hyder ji can be reached at 09572405632

Posted on: Oct 25, 2011. Tags: HYDER ANSARI LAND

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