Jagdish Ji is meeting Kehar Singh an adivasi from Mandla district in MP who says he is president of Gram Vanadhikar Samiti. According to law a certificate from Samiti should be enough for getting Forest Rights but 86 applications filed by him got rejected. Govt is accepting forms again but he says Govt should gives application forms for free. Last time in 2009 they had to spend upto Rs 200 to get forms. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

Naresh Bunkar is visiting a conference on Community Forest Rights Act in Mainpat in Surguja Chhattisgarh where he meets thousands of adivasis who have applied for individual forest rigths act years back but they tell him they have not got any land deeds. Some say they did not get any receipt against their application either. He requests us to take this issue to authorities to help these adivasis. For more Naresh Ji can be reached at 08720822286

Naresh Bunkar from Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh is visiting a village called Sajankhar in Pandaria block where Baiga adivasis tell him that they have been living and working on forest land from year 2001. But forest department has planted eucalyptus plant on the land where they were doing agriculture by force. This is against forest rights act. You are requested to help. For more Naresh Ji can be reached at 08720822286

Naresh Bunkar Ji is visiting Bodla block in Daldali hills in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh where he meets Baiga adivasis who tell him that local panchayat secretaries and forest department officials have taken bribe from around 200 of them from many villages saying they will help in getting land deeds under forest rights act. He requests us to help Baiga adivasis get this money back. For more Bunkar Ji can be reached at 09685215686

Jagdish Ji from Dabhaura in Rewa district in MP is telling us that people in their area had decided on 5th June World Environment Day to plant 1 lakh saplings this year with help from forest department. They are starting the work today which is influenced by Dinanath Adivasi who has planted trees in more than 100 acres on his own in last few years. People are also taking oath to protect the saplings they plant. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883