Shatali traveling with CGnet Swara Citizen Journalism Awareness Tour has reached an Adivasi weekly market at Kedma village in Lakhanpur block of Surguja district of Chhattisgarh. She meets people from nearby Shayar village who has come to the market and tells her that they do not have drinking water facility in their village and are drinking dirty water from nullah. They have requested officials many times for a handpump. Pls call Collector at 09406100100

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

Pradeep is visiting Dahi town of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh where people are complaining that though Govt had sanctioned Rs 8 lakh to supply water to people in 3 months of summer but there is no idea what happened to that money which was given to an elected representative. They neither have a hand pump, nor pipe line nor a tanker is visiting them. They fetch water from a km. You are requested to call SDM at 9407141772 to inquire. Pradeep@8085902811

DS Maliya traveling with Hasdeo Arand Gram Suraksha Yatra has reached Thekranara village of Mahora panchayat in Premnagar block of Surajpur district in Chhattisgarh. 40 families of primitive Pando tribe live in this village from many generations but they have not got land deeds under Forest Rights act. In nearby Fatehpur village Community forest rights have been given but it is faulty. Many have’nt got their individual rights there too. Maliya@9406080216