Jindal affected people will restart agitation in Angul in May

Madan Sahu from Angul in Odisha says after the beating of people by Jindal security in January 2012 people of the area is still in shock. Administration or the company has not done much to heal people’s wounds. People of the area are still very scared. But people has now demanded that they should be given proper compensation and full time job in the company otherwise they will demonstrate in front of Jindal on 5th May. For more Sahu ji can be reached at 09437112061

Posted on: Apr 27, 2012. Tags: Madan Sahu

Company buying adivasi land, complaints do not work...

During Jan chetna yatra in Janjgir district in Chhattisgarh where 34 power plants are coming up she has reached a village called Kerakachhar where she is talking to a villager named Chittaranjan who tells her that in public hearing not a single person spoke in favor of the plant but the company continues to buy land with help from brokers using liquor from this adivasi area. Complaints to officials have not helped. He says govt should do the duty of protecting the adivasi farmers. Bhan Ji can be reached at 08962646922

Posted on: Apr 24, 2012. Tags: BHAN SAHU LAND

Villager protesting power plant: Will give life but not land

Bhan Sahu is in Sakreli village in Janjgir district in Chhattisgarh with Jan Chetna Yatra where people are sitting on protest from more than 2 months saying they will not give their land for upcoming power plant. She speaks to one of the protestors Dayaram Rathor who says we are worried about the future of our next generation so we will not give our ancestral land at any cost. We will be happy to give our lives but not the land. For more Bhan ji can be reached at 08962646922

Posted on: Apr 23, 2012. Tags: BHAN SAHU LAND

विधानसभा मा देखो लुटैया बैठे हावे : एक छतीसगढी जनगीत

Bhan Sahu is in a village with Jan Chetna Yatra in a Janjgir district of Chhattisgarh where the yatris are singing a Chhattisgarhi song:
विधानसभा मा देखो लुटैया बैठे हावे
संसद भवन मा देखो लुटैया बैठे हावे
मंत्रालय मा भी वही लुटैया बैठे हावे
इकर मन के लूट खसोट ला कतक दिन ला सहत जाबो
चलो चलो गा भैया जागो लड़ाई मा जागो
Bhan Ji can be reached for translation at 09406033089

Posted on: Apr 22, 2012. Tags: Bhan Sahu

Live reporting from Yatra opposing thermal power plants

Bhan Sahu is traveling with Jan Chetna Yatra in Janjgir district in Chhattisgarh where people are protesting against 34 upcoming power plants. The yatra has reached a village on the confluence of Mahanadi and Hasdeo river where she helps us listen to slogans by the people. They are saying we will not give our land, our water to the industry. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09926943917

Posted on: Apr 21, 2012. Tags: Bhan Sahu

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