Mangal Kunjam from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is interviewing deputy sarpanch of Hiroli village Sonaram Mandavi who is leading a delegation of 5 gram panchayats demanding a higher school in their area. Mr mandavi says there are around 100 children in the area who have completed education till class 8 but the nearest the highschool in Kirandul, NMDC is more than 15 kms away. They are demanding for this school for more than 3 years but administration has not heard their plea yet. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam is an adivasi from Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh who says Lokpal movement should also reach interiros of adivasi areas. He says there are lots of corruption going on in adivasi areas and corporates are taking away land, forest and water from adivasis by fraudulent ways. Adivasis living in interior areas do not have access to media so they do not know about the Anna movement but the activists should reach these areas. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515

Essar has a plant to transport iron ore in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh from last 5 years which has taken land from people. Now Essar wants more land and to please people they are distributing umbrellas and cows. Mangal Kunjam is talking to some angry villagers who says Essar has not kept their promises in the past and so is administration who had offered many things after taking their land. For more Mangal ji can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam today is talking to a fellow adivasi farmer in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. The farmer Jogaram Kunjam tells him that there is no rain this year in the area yet and the seeds are going waste. He says though it looks that it may rain but still with no rain at the right time it may not help the crops. For more Mangal ji can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam is interviewing a tribal priest today who is doing worship of Indra, the God of rains in Danteshwari temple in Dantewada in a traditional fair. He says tribals from more than 84 villages have assembled and the priest says it is a very old tradition coming from generations where they worship the God for good rains. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515