Makhanlal Soni from Korai block of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh is telling us about a meeting of adivasis today in Erma village under the banner of Adivasi Swasashan Sangh ( Adivasi sel-rule organisation). Going against PESA act the Govt has declated part of the area as buffer zone which adivasis are protesting. He says as per PESA act Govt can not declare any area a buffer zone unless the panchayats have given their conscent. For more Soni Ji can be reached at 08120890529

Kameshwar Rana from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand says most of the time no medicine is available in Govt hospitals and poor people need to buy the medicine from outside. He says this should change and Govt should also help poor people with medicine. He also tells about his personal experience when he went to a district hospital and there also the hospital mad no medicines and he had to buy them from shops outside. For more Kameshwar Ji can be reached at 09608598154

My name is Vanjam Poddaiah. I am calling from Kondapalli Village, P.S Palli Panchayat, Chinturu mandal, Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. In 2006 I met with an accident while climbing a tree.Since then I am unable to move my lower limbs. I am an orphan and I got responsibility to look after my brother and two sisters. Since 2006 I have been roaming around for handicapped pension. But the officials could not grant me the pension up to date. For more Poddaiah ji can be reached at 9492243758

Uma from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh is telling us about Panchayat Extension in Scheuled Area or PESA 1996 which tells us that panchayats in scheduled area can make their own laws and no law of the nation can over rule or make rules which are not in tune with laws made by Panchayat. She says all the adivasis should study and know about PESA act so that they can get it implemented it in their favor. For more Uma Ji can be reached at 09300342519

Chandra Pratap Singh from Navrachna in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh is visiting a village called Sirhitti in Gourela block where he meets an adivasi farmer Mewalal who tells him though he was working on forest land from more than 20 years the forest department officials threw him out and planted Jatropha in 2007. Forest Rights Act 2006 prohibits this act and authorities are requested to get Mewalal his land. For more Mr Singh can be reached at 08823051477