My name is Jacob John. Few days back I heard the story of Coal satyagraha on Swara and I am in full support and today I want to tell you story of a man called Rajmohan Basod whom I met recently in a similar coal mine area in Singrauli where Reliance is building their power plant. Mr Basod had a beautiful life at the bank of a river with 4 and half acre land and his family. He got only Rs 3 lakh as compensation because officers said his land is not irrigated though he took loan to install moters from bank. Today he works as a peon in Reliance. What is this? Is anybody listening? For more Mr John can be reached at 09039424639

My name is Aparna Marandi. I am calling from Ranchi in Jharkhand to tell you about a day long dharna in front of Rajbhavan. The dharna was led by many social activist leaders and they demanded that foreign direct investment in retail should be withdrawn, all the coal block allocations in Jharkhand be cancelled and govt should not displace people without their wish. They also demanded the released of public artist Jeetan Marandi and anti displacement activist Lakhiram Rai. For more Aparna Ji can be reached at 09771949885

My name is Bhagirath Verma. I am calling from Raipur in Chhattisgarh. I support the breaking of Coal law in Gare village in Raigarh. I request all adivasis to do similar act in their villages and take control of the minerals beneath their lands. I have heard that administration is planning to put a case of illegal mining on the villager of Gare. I protest this. The villagers of Gare are following the path of Gandhi and that is the correct path. For more Verma Ji can be reached at 09039142049

My name is Rajesh Tripathi. I am calling from a rally in Dharmajaigarh in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. As on 2nd October farmers in Jashpur tilled the land acquited by company and the people of Gare village broke the Coal law, similarly thousands have assembled here today to protest the proposed coal mining by DB power and Balco. After a rally now leaders like Dr B D Sharma are addressing the meeting. For more Rajesh ji can be reached at 09424183510

My name is Sajal Kumar. I am calling from Dharmajaigarh in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. Tomorrow 3rd October we are organising a rally against allocation of coal blocks to private companies and also Balco and DB power coal mine. People from around 50 organisations will take part in the rally which will be addressed by Dr BD Sharma, Arvind Netam and Dilip Singh Bhuria. I request all of you to join the rally and the media to strengthen the voice of our protest. For more Sajal Ji can be reached at 09406080216