Shatali traveling with CGnet Swara Citizen Journalism Awareness Tour has reached Baysi village in Dharmajaigarh block of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh. This is an area fighting against coal mining. They say company had put a pipe line but there is no water and they need to walk kilometers to fetch drinking water. Though they produce electricity for the nation they hardly get any electricity for themselves. Shatali requests us to raise their issues.

Shatali visiting with CGnet Swara Citizen Journalism Awareness Tour has reached Sarasmal village in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh where women tell her that their main problem is water. They fetch drinking water from 5-6 kms there is no question of water for bathing. Jindal company helped them with hand pumps but due to mining by the same companies the water level has gone so down that apart from hand pumps old wells are now also dry. Shatali@9479598133

Madhukar Sidam is calling from Indravelli in Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh where every year after 20th April thousands of people assemble to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in police firing in 1981. That year they had assembled demanding land to landless under leadership of some communists and every year thousands of people assemble under a red flag to pay homage to those martyrs. For more Madhukar can be reached at 9491116297

Sidam Madhukar from Aripalli village in Nedagunda mandal in Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh is talking to Gondi speaking Adivasis who are worshiping Sun in an annual festival. They tell him that all Gond Adivasis in that area worship Sun in the month of Poos ( January) praying for welfare of everyone. For more Madhukar Ji can be reached at 8500026854

Sidam Madhukar is telling from Delhi that 600 adivasis from Khammam, Adilabad and Warangal districts in Andhra Pradesh have come to Delhi to demand Autonomous status to Adivasi areas after new state of Telangana is formed.He says they gave their memorandum to various political leaders and their agitation in Delhi has been successful. For more Madhukar can be reached at 09959471440