The Gram Sabha in village Gharpur, Block Udaipur District Sarguja had rejected the proposed coal mines. Yet some action is taking place by local Revenue Inspector. When the villagers reached the spot the RI said that this is in line with the order of the Collector. People have given a memorandum to the Tehsildar, which was not received well. People have prevented the work from progressing as they suspect foul play. They want to know who is the final decision taker, the administration or the people. They request the intellectuals and administration to help investigate the matter.For more Janinand Singh Porte may be contacted on 09406191382

Alok Shukla says that the message about saving of Jan Jangal Jameen has gone down to people in meetings, personal contact. Thousands of people participated in the yatra and the time they spent talking to each other, has shown that the concerns we are raising are close to their hearts.
He would like people to realise that the resources in Chhattisgarh should be used in a balanced and considered manner. The state is not doing this. The attack on livelihoods, migration of people, is growing, and people need to come together and resist the pressure in an empowered way.
Prakash Gupta brings us this interview from Sarguja.

Asks Vijay Bhai from a village on the way of the Jan Chetna Yatra. He explains the process which will follow- first some incentives will be offered to people who own the land where factories and mines are being planned. Once the bait is swallowed by the greedy, the others will follow suit- if only to match up with the people who now have some compensation.
This is the way development has happened, he says. He draws attention to the future problems like the ones all Hindi speaking people are facing in other parts of the country from where they are being driven out, identified as outsiders whether they are from Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh or MP.
Prakash Gupta brings us this interview.

Surender Sayani from Hyderabad helps a trainee in Adilabad Swara training workshop to record a message in Gondi, about a local festival where children go from home to home, people will throw water on them, they will dance, and in the evening they will cook gulab jamun vada and chicken curry.
For details of how Swara is expanding in Andhra, and training workshop please call Surender at 09849078679

Jagdish Ji from Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh is with an Anganwadi in Ramgadhwa village where the Self Help group leader tells him that they are not getting food from last February and they were running the kitchen for children on their own expense but today they have not cooked as they can’t continue any more like this and poor children are suffering. He requests us to help the Self help group and the suffering children. Jagdish ji can be reached at 09893905883