Mangal Kunjam from Dantewada is telling us that the nation is celebrating Republic Day but 5 kms from National Mineral Development Corporation mines there are many villages which are not in any list or map of the Govt and they have not got any facilities so far. They do not know what is Republic day. He alleges hat often Govt forces go to these villages and burn houses calling them Naxal camp. This needs to change. For more Mangal Ji can be reached at 09407708515

Mangal Kunjam from Bacheli in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh is talking to a local journalist Jitu who tells him that yesterday when they went to cover the incident of Maoist attack on National Mineral Development Corporation, a drunk policeman fired at them and also broke his camera. Jitu says they had gone to the incident place after taking permission from the police chief. 2 police jawans had died in the incident. For more Mangal Ji can be reached at 09407708515

Yashwant Ramteke from Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh is talking to an adivasi who was badly beaten up by an official of forest department. The adivasi tells him he and his freinds were beaten up because they were picking up firewood for their homes. Yashwant says these kind of incidents keep happening here where adivasis get beaten up on minor issues by officials but these are incidents do not make headlines. For more Yashwant ji can be reached at 09424278552

My name is Nanda. I am from Potali village of Kuakonda block of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Today we are celebrating independence day but I think we poor people are not independent. My village is just 45 kms away from district headquarter but we do not have school or health center. Our ration shop has shifted to police station and all the markets in interior areas are getting closed. People from remote forest villages are frightened to visit market in fear of police. This is not independence. For more Nanda ji can be reached at 07869461145

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