Duvvi Mahesh is calling from Guduru village of Chinturu mandal, Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh and says in Adivasi Gondi language that there is no drinking water facility in their Adivasi village near Mettagumpu Bazar. They are forced to fetch water from long distance and appeal officials to install a hand pump. You are requested to call officer@ 8008082323 and help them in getting drinking water. For more Mahesh can be reached at 9966053009

Pradeep is visiting Khodrapar falia village in Kapsi Panchayat of Kukshi tahsil in Dhar district of MP. 150 adivasi families live in this village.Only hand pump in the village is broken from 4 months. Most families are poor and don’t have land but they don’t have BPL ration cards. Village woman demand that a school should also be opened and they need at least 4 hand pumps. Pls call SDM at 9407140772 and Collector at 9425111576 to help. Pradeep@8085902811

Vaid Ramprasad Nishad from Kondagaon Chhattisgarh is telling us about traditional remedy to treat cessation of menstruation.For treatment grind 100 gms white Crown flowers (Calotropis) well known as Akkua in Hindi with 20 gms Black pepper & 10 gms Cloves and make gram sized pills. Taking 1 pill with lukewarm water thrice a day for some days is beneficial in restarting of menstruation. Vaid Ramprasad Nishad is @07879412247

Madkam Laxmi is calling from Virapuram village in Chinturu mandal of Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh. She says we are 30 families living here but we do not have a water source. We live next to national highway and we need to cross the road to collect water which is very dangerous. We request listeners of Adivasi Swara to please call officer at 08008082323 to help us with a bore well. For more Laxmi can be reached at 9177913796

ग्राम-आलमपुर, तहसील-चिचोली, जिला-बैतूल (म.प्र.) से साथी हेमपुष्पा यादव जी एक गोंडी गीत गा रही हैं । यह गीत आदिवासी समाज के लोगों के लिए शिक्षा पर आधारित हैं. इसका अर्थ है- अब तो जाग जाओ, सोने का समय खत्म हो गया है...

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