Panchhu Maravi is calling from forest village Indira in tahsil Bichhia of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh and says in this village 74 people got their first installment of Indira Awas houses under Forest Rights but are still waiting for rest of the installments. Some have borrowed from market to complete their houses. Some houses have got destroyed in rain. Collector promised but that was not materialized. Pls call collector@9425164003 to help these suffering adivasis. Panchhu@9479775329

Mohammed Khan of Ekta Parishad is calling from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh and says that people in Chouki area have been fighting from years for betterment of a road that connects Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh through Rajnandgaon but none from Govt responded. They have decided to sit for fast until death from 8th October with the support of Ekta Parishad and other voluntary organizations of the region.Mohammed Khan@9424138435

Gokaran Singh Verma travelling with CGnt Swara Citizen Awerness Yatra has reached Ara village, Koja Panchayat, Tehsil Bharatpur of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh. He met Chansai who is telling him that he applied for forest rights duplicate copy from tehsil office but officer asked bribe Rs. 500. He got it free with help from Ekta Parishad but others were not that lucky and had to pay bribe. Please call to collector@ 07836232721 to stop this in tehsil office. Verma@8889434094

Janardhan Singh Porte is calling from Ghatbarra village of Udaipur block, Sarguja district in Chhattisgarh and says more than 800 people from various villages were sitting on strike in village Kete who were visited by Govt officials today. People told them that though law says no mining should start before rehabilitation but the Adani coal mines here is running illegally from 3 years. Officer immediately ordered closure of mine. Porte@9406449255.

Panchhu Marawi is calling from Indra village in Bichhia block of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh where 73 adivasis got first installment of Govt support to make their houses in Oct 2013. They are still waiting for 2nd installment to complete their houses. Some have taken loan. Some incomplete houses have collapsed due to rain. They also met Collector who only gave false assurance. You are requested to call CEO@9425328581 to help. PanchhuJi@9907283363