Laxman Kashyap from Darbha block in Jagdalpur district of Chhattisgarh says forest department has spent lakhs in plantation in 40 acre land near his village Kankapal but there is not a single plant there. There is no board giving details of the work. They have built a road and laborers were not paid proper wages. He alleges that similar irregualrities can be found in nearby villages too. He requests us to call local ranger at 09407644622 to enquire. For more Laxman ji can be reached at 09407927957

Aparna Marandi is today visiting a village alled Tilda in Giridih district of Jharkhand. She speaks to the headman of the village who tells her that many poor people have been left out in the new Below Poverty Line( BPL) survey. There is no drinking water and people are dying after drinking dirty water. They can not get treatment because they do not have money and there are no roads. There is no water for irrigation as well as the ponds have dried and there is no electricity. If govt can look at these issues it willl help these poor people. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885

239 acres of land was given to BCCL, in district Dhanbad, to establish a power plant by the landowners in the hope that they will get jobs after the power plant is set up. However the project failed. The land was given over to a private company OSD, which did not offer any employment to the locals. After more than two decades of patient waiting, no resolution has been made although an agreement was signed on 29/8/11 after protest by locals. They started protesting again on the 13th of this month, but Section 144 was clamped on the protesting people, and the issue is being drowned in legal procedures. Jharkhand Berojgar Morcha Secretary Rajkumar Napit requests the powers that be to intervene and provide relief.He can be contacted at 9661156574

Yashwant Ramteke is raising the issue of villages on the other side of Bailadila hills who are at the border of Dantewada and Bijapur district. These village are neither forest villages nor they are counted as revenue villages. For this reason they do not get any government support of any type. He says we have raised this issue in the past in CGnet and we have also told about this to administration in Bijapur but nothing has moved. For more Yashwant ji can be reached at 09424278552

Aparna Marandi, wife of jailed cultural activist Jeetan Marandi is appealing to Govt to reconsider the case of her husband and similar people who are languishing in jail on “false” charges. She says Jeetan never took part in any violent activity and was falsely charged in Chilkhari Maoist attack and a session court gave him death sentence which Jharkhand High court has rejected and acquitted him in all the cases but police has charged him with more false cases. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885