Alok Shukla from Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan is telling us about a rally in Ghatbarra village in Surguja district. Adani company is doing mining in the area for Rajasthan Electricity board. After rally the villagers gave a meomorandum describing how Collector did an illegal Gram Sabha and how Adani has barricaded the village forest. The Gram Sabha has said in the past they do not want to give land but land acquisition is continuing. For more Alok can be reached at 09977634040

My name is Raju Akela. I am calling from Salaiyadand tola of Kasari panchayat in Semaria block of Chatra district in Jharkhand. I want to tell you that we got one well thanks to NREGA that has changed the life of villagers. In our village there are 80 houses and 500 people. All the other wells in village dry during summer but this well is giving water all around and people are using this water for irrigating their crop also. If we can have 3/4 more such wells the fate of the village will change. For more Raju Ji can be reached at 09693356601

Prakash Gupta is telling us that on 18th October he had recorded a message with information about a bridge which got washed away within completion of a month in Balrampur district of Chhattisgarh. He says collector has now ordered an enquiry. He thanks all of us who called Collector and requests us to call him again at 09826442277 and thank him and request him for a thorough enquiry. Mainstream media has also picked up the story. For more Prakash can be reached at 09584513018

My name is Raju Akela. I am calling from Semaria block of Chatra district in Jharkhand. Today I am visiting a village called Kendutola. Around 500 adivasis live here. They are all farmers. This village neither has any road, or school nor any handpump. Indira Awas Yojna also does not work here.The villagers said they have been to collector few times demanding a road but authorities have done nothing for the village so far. They live as primitive times. For more Raju Ji can be reached at 09693356601

जहाँ जनता रोती है और लोकतंत्र हँसता है
न्यायलय भी कैसा अँधा है जो सिर्फ दलीले सुन सकता है और तारीखे दे सकता है,
पर उससे न्याय की उम्मीद करना बईमानी है।
पुलिस प्रशासन से लाख मिन्नतें मांग लो पर उनका जमीर नहीं जागता,
मुर्दा भी पड़े-पड़े सड़ जाये वो हाथ भी नहीं लगायेंगे।
राजा (मुख्यमंत्री) के दरबार में आपको पोटली भर आश्वासन तो मिल जायेगा,
पर उस पर कार्यवाही धेला भर भी नहीं होगी।
महामहिम (राष्टपति) का दरबार सबके लिए नहीं खुलता बस चिठ्ठी भेजिए और अगली सदी आने का इंतज़ार करिए,
पता नहीं जब तक नम्बर आयेगा तब आदमी बचेगा या नहीं।
मंत्री – नेता, दलाली और कमीसन खोरी के बगैर अपनी दुम तक नहीं हिलाते,
फ़रियाद सुनना तो दूर की कोड़ी है।
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