City takes over village, villagers want to go back to Panchayat
Mangal Kunjam is interviewing two villagers from Kadampal village near NMDC. The villagers had deposited money in Gram Panchayat to get deeds for the land they were cultivating. But now the City council has taken over the land and are evicting people. People are also worried about bad impact on adjacent land to the proposed bus stand which the city council is planning on the land. People want to start an agitation to go back to Gram Panchayat. For more Mangal can be reached at 09407708515
Posted on: Jun 06, 2011. Tags: Mangal Kunjam
Companies have destroyed our water and air, says villager
Mangal Kunjam is interviewing a girl Mamta Markam in a village next to NMDC and Essar operations in Dantewada. Mamta says in the interview that companies have polluted our water and air and does not provide any support. Kirandul municipality also does not help. Red water due to NMDC has also affected the farming in nearby villages. Essar trucks blow dusts on people which has made their life difficult. For more Mangal can be contacted on 09407708515
Posted on: May 30, 2011. Tags: MANGAL KUNJAM WATER
Live interview from Bailadila firing memorial meeting
Mangal Kunjam is doing an interview with Comrade Saji of Communist Party of India from the meeting venue to commemorate the martyrdom on many laborers who died in police firing on 5th April 1978 in Bailadila. Comrade Saji tells the brief history of the the incident. He also says though officially only 11 laborers died in the incident but the actual number was much higher which will always remain a mystery.
Posted on: Apr 07, 2011. Tags: Mangal Kunjam
Live reporting of CRPF oath taking on 1st Tadmetla anniversary
Mangal Kunjam was present in CRPF camp in Barsur in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on 5th April when the Jawans took an oath on the occasion of 1st anniversary of martyrdom of 76 Jwans a year ago in Tadmetla fighting the Naxals. In this live report you can hear the CRPF officer speaking the first over a microphone which is followed by the CRPF jawans
Posted on: Apr 06, 2011. Tags: Mangal Kunjam
Mismatch in expense & facility in Dantewada Danteshwari fair
Mangal Kunjam is talking from Danteshwari mela in Dantewada where he is noticing no arrangement for thousands of tribals who come from far off places as he sees tribals wandering around in heat, as administration has made no arrangement for shades or water. He says it is a world famous adivasi fair and administration collects lots of money from companies for this fair and also claims spending a lot from its own but the arrangement does not match all those claims
