Maina from Mahapar village in Birpur gram panchayat of Majhgawan block of Satna district of Madhya Pradesh is telling us that in their village of dalits and adivasis 42 families are not getting Public Distribution System ration from 2010. They have made many rounds of the collector and other officials and now they are starting a dharn at block from 1st November. She requests us to help their struggle and also sings a song they have created about their problem of not getting ration. For more Maina can be reached at 09752575538

Land Right Cycle Yatra has reached Gadbhoi village in Jaba tahsil of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh today.The adivasis from nearby areas tell Jagdish Ji they are farming the forest land from 1980 but have not got land deeds. The women tell him there are many who have not got payment after institutional delivery after a year. School runs under a tree. Old are not getting pension. He requests us to call the official at 09977845752. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

Manish Rai from Surguja district in Chhattisgarh is visiting a village in Lakhanpur block called Soyda in Chando Gram Panchayat. The villagers tell him that the year Rajiv Gandhi died poles were erected in their village but electricity never came. Villagers had bought a tractor thinking they will be doing more farming with electricity around. In absense of electricity it is also difficult when elephants attack in the night. For more Manish Ji can be reached at 09826515792

Raju Kumar from Chatra in Jharkhand is telling us about the Durga Puja celebration in his district. He says lakhs have been spend in each pandal and this way crores have been spent on this festival in this district. This looks all well but if you look at the poor people around then it looks all waste. It would have been better if these croses have been spent on welfare of the poor people rather than putting up lights and flags for festivities. For more Raju Ji can be reached at 09430313721

Darbu Singh Uike from Gondwana Mukti Sena in Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh is telling us that Copper mines in Malajkhand took land from 134 villages but no local have got jobs and they do not get any facility rather the mines people are releasing acidic water which is destroying their crop. All the villagers have now go together and will do a dharna on 8th November. They are demanding jobs to locals and compensation for destroyed crop. For more Darbu Ji can be reached at 07354737515