Pradeep is visiting Pipripura falia village in Dahar panchayat of Nisarpur block in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. There are 300 adivasi families in the village. They have 5 hand pumps in the village but 4 are broken from 8 months. He speaks to villagers who tell him that they need to walk long distance to get water and animals are suffering the most. You are requested to call SDM at 9407140772 and Collector at 942511576. Pradeep@8085902811

Pradeep is visiting Khodrapar falia village in Kapsi Panchayat of Kukshi tahsil in Dhar district of MP. 150 adivasi families live in this village.Only hand pump in the village is broken from 4 months. Most families are poor and don’t have land but they don’t have BPL ration cards. Village woman demand that a school should also be opened and they need at least 4 hand pumps. Pls call SDM at 9407140772 and Collector at 9425111576 to help. Pradeep@8085902811

Madkam Laxmi is calling from Virapuram village in Chinturu mandal of Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh. She says we are 30 families living here but we do not have a water source. We live next to national highway and we need to cross the road to collect water which is very dangerous. We request listeners of Adivasi Swara to please call officer at 08008082323 to help us with a bore well. For more Laxmi can be reached at 9177913796

ग्राम-आलमपुर, तहसील-चिचोली, जिला-बैतूल (म.प्र.) से साथी हेमपुष्पा यादव जी एक गोंडी गीत गा रही हैं । यह गीत आदिवासी समाज के लोगों के लिए शिक्षा पर आधारित हैं. इसका अर्थ है- अब तो जाग जाओ, सोने का समय खत्म हो गया है...

जागे मांम आदिवासी, ईतल बातल निकुन नींद लागता
जागे मांम त आदीवासी, ईतल बातल निकुन नींद लागता
भैया पढ़े किम, भाभी पढ़े किम
भैया पढ़े किम, भाभी पढ़े किम
जागे मांम त आदीवासी, ईतल बातल निकुन नींद लागता
चाचा पढ़े किम, चाची पढ़े किम
जागे मांम त आदीवासी, ईतल बातल निकुन नींद लागता
भैया पढ़े किम, भाभी पढ़े किम
त जागे मांम त आदीवासी, ईतल बातल निकुन नींद लागता

Sunil Kumar is calling from Patna Bihar where he is reporting from a meeting of fishermen who has assembled from the whole state on the occasion of Fisheries Day. They tell him Govt should make resources available to fishermen so that they own ponds and also give them professional training. In lack of these two many fishermen are forced to leave their age old profession and are migrating to big cities in search of other manual work. For more Sunil is at 9308571702