Savita Rath is in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi where she is attending the Pension Manch dharna demanding Rs 2000 pension to every aged person. She speaks to a lady from Uttar Pradesh who says there are 300 people from her state in dharna and asks as every govt servant gets half of salary as pension so why not the laborers. A member of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan from Rajasthan says they also organised a 10 day padyatra before the Delhi dharna and feels each old person has right to live a decent life. For more Savita ji can be reached at 07869234650

Savita Rath says that Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh has become a synonym of Bellary. She is telling us about some land which were taken by Jindal industries. Jindal has excavated coal on that land 2 years back but they have got permission to do so this month. And when farmers were demanding job according to Govt policy police have filed a case against them and court have asked them to give Rs 5000 as punishment. For more Savita ji can be reached at 07898448242

Savita Rath is telling us from Raigarh in Chhattisgarh that Govt is running an anti encroachment campaign where they are destroying standing crop of dalit farmers with the help of cattles of lathi weilding lumpens. They are giving excuse of a Supreme Court order though these farmers are working on these govt land from 1970s. The farmers have complained to police but no FIR has been registered.Now High court has ordered the collector to investigate the matter. For more Savita ji can be reached at 07869234650

Savita Rath from Jan Chetna in Raigarh is telling us several stories of villagers whose land has been illegally taken away by Jindal company for mining and other purposes. She talks to an adivasi farmer who says that he won a case against Jindal but the court order has not been respected and neither any compensation has been given to him. She narrates details of more cases where land has been taken by the company disregarding all laws and orders. For more Savita Ji can be reached at 07869234650

Rajesh Tripathi from Raigarh is telling us that industries in the district are dumping so much polluted material in the Kelo river that the river has turned black and many fish have died. He talks to two villagers who tells him that the water is so dirty that you can’t think of even touching it forget about drinking or bathing. They say even cattles are suffering. Rajesh says people have complained to pollution control authorities but there is no action and people are thinking of stopping traffic to protest. Rajesh ji can be reached at 0103570721