Rajesh Tripathi from Jan Chetna in Raigarh is telling us that in Gharghoda block of the district a Steel company has cut thousands of acres of forest illegally. When villager complained about it a police case was made against them and 32 people were arrested. He requests central officials from Forest and Environment ministry to investigate the matter of land acquisition of adivasis and misuse of forest. For more Rajesh Ji can be reached at 09424183510

Jagdish from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh is visiting a program of Jal Biradri organisation where people took oath to work for saving Jal, Jungle and Jameen. He speaks to organisers who tell him that in this area forest are home to many rare and important herbs and they need to be protected. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09893905883

My name is Krishna. I am calling from village Bilawal Nagar in tahsil Mohamdi of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh. We have a long standing conflict with the forest department but today around 25-30 vehicles of forest department have surrounded our village. They are accompanied with around 500 local people. It seems they are determined to burn our village and arrest us. We are not getting any help from officials. Pls call DM Kheri at 09454417558. For more Krishna can be reached at 08765645996

My name is Krishna. I am calling from Lakhimpur Khiri district in Uttar Pradesh. Govt of India has passed a Forest Rights Act in 2005 which is applicable in every state apart from Jammu and Kashmir but Govt of UP is not taking it seriously and forest people like us are suffering. You are requested to call collector Lakhimpur Kheri at 09454417558 to request him to take this law seriously. For more Krishna Ji can be reached at 08765645996

Jagdish Ji today is visiting manikpur village in Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh where he meets 40 adivasi families. They tell him that they started cultivating around 300 bigha of forest land in 1992 but they were removed from that land in 2000. They have applied for getting that land back under Forest Rights Act but there is no action. He also meets some activists who have started a movement for many adivasi communities who are not recognised as adivasi in UP. For more Jagdish Ji can be reached at 09919165145