12 of us worked for 2 weeks under NREGA two years ago, Yet to get wages...
Mohan Yadav is visiting Jharia in Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh where he meets Mr Marawi who tells him that 12 of them worked under NREGA for 2 weeks to dig a well but have not got their wages yet. He says officials told him to open a bank account to get wages and he “wasted” Rs 50 for that but yet to get the wages. He requests us to help them. For more Mohan Ji can be reached at 07772950168
Posted on: Dec 09, 2013. Tags: MOHAN YADAV NREGA
Not seen improvement in lives of Baiga in my lifetime, says old Baiga Adivasi...
Mohan Yadav is visiting Keregaon Pata village in Nainpur block of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh where he meets Sonwalal Baiga who says Sarpanch promised 15 Baiga families house under Indira Awas but nothing happened. They also dont get benefit from other Govt projects. He says I am an old man and have not seen any improvement in the lives of Baigas. Please talk to higher officials and help us. For more Mohan Ji is at 09479598133
Posted on: Dec 08, 2013. Tags: Mohan Yadav
Baigas use 12 seeds together in Bewar farming, If one fails another survive
Mohan Yadav is visiting village Pachwar in Baiga Chak area in Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh where he meet Kunwar Singh who is explaining him Bewar farming. Kunwar Singh tells him that they mix 12 seeds and in one acre he can get 4 to 7 sacks of grain which can keep his family alive after some labor work outside. If one seed fails another survives.He also explains him the tough method of doing Bewar ( slash and burn cultivation) in details. Mohan Ji @ 09479598133
Posted on: Dec 08, 2013. Tags: Mohan Yadav
Govt work is done by machines, We are forced to migrate in search of work...
Mohan Yadav is visiting Nainpur tahsil in Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh where he meets Gondi speaking farmer Gyani Singh Varkade who tells him that he has only once acre of land and there is no facility of irrigation in the area. All the Govt work in the area is being done by machines and they have no option but to migrate in search of work. He also does not have a BPL card. He says all poor in the area are in similar situation. For more Mohan Ji is at 9479598133
Posted on: Dec 06, 2013. Tags: Mohan Yadav
We can't leave our land & traditional shifting cultivation, says Baiga adivasi...
Mohan Yadav is visiting Garjan Bija village in Pushparajgarh tahsil of Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh where he meets a adivasi farmer Chhagru Baiga who tells him that Bewar ( shifting) farming where they mix 6-7 seeds together is more suitable to them. They have not got rights under forest rights act and Govt wants them to move but they dont want to go anywhere else and continue with traditional way of farming which they learnt from their ancestors. Mohanji@09479598133
