Himanshu Kumar on his Cycle Yatra to talk to people about the situation of tribals in Chhattisgarh has reached border of Gujarat and Maharashtra. He reports that in last few days he visited an organisation called Bhasha who are working to preserve tribal languages and culture. He also went to ashram in Wedchhi where Narayan Desai son of Mahadev Desai, private secretary of Mahatma Ganndhi lives. He says in all the places people have very carefully listened about the situation in tribal areas of Central India

Himanshu Kumar on his cycle Yatra is reporting here about the reality of rural Gujarat as he is finding. He says people are very angry. Government on one hand giving thousands of acre of land to industry but is not giving land rights to tribals. There are instances of hunger death and the nation does not know the news like land for Nano factory was given by closing down a university

Abhay Singh Rathwa is a Gujarati tribal boy who is cycling with Himanshu Kumar of Vanvasi Chetna Ashram Dantewada from 27th June from Raj Ghat in New Delhi. When the yatra reached Baroda police has visited Mr Rathwa and enquired about his future plans. Himanshu Kumar feels that it is a scaring tactic and in future police may harass Mr Rathwa as they are already harassing many tribal activists in Gujarat by calling them Naxals

After order from Chhattisgarh high court administration has paid interim relief of Rs 1 lakh each to widows of 3 tribals who were killed by police and SPOs in a Salwa Judum camp called Matwada on 18th March 2008. The ongoing case demands a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each, a CBI enquiry and punishment for perpetrators of the crime. This is one of the first cases where state has paid relief to an alleged victim of state atrocity

Himanshu Kumar on his cycle yatra has reached villages in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. He reports from there that people from evicted villages of Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc are sitting on a protest from last 135 days but no one has taken notice of them. No media or politician has visited them. In water scarce Rajasthan Vedanta is also digging deep tube wells and making ponds to supply water to the factory which will also submerge the golden triangle road