My name is Naresh Bunkar from Adivasi Jan Van Adhikar Manch in Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh. I want to tell you about Baiga and Gond adivasis of village Sajankhar who were farming on forest land from 2001. Last month forest dept planted Eucalyptus trees on the farms by force where adivasis had planted paddy and today forest dept have done a case on adivasis of Rs 1 lakh for destroying plantation. Adivasis have not destroyed any sapling and have replanted them. The number of Ranger who is harrasing adivasis is 09993636257. For more Naresh ji can be reached at 08717872770

My name is Ruplal Marawi. I am calling from gram panchayat Dhumadhad in Pratappur block of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh. More than 200 people from our village had applied for land deeds under forest rights act but only 52 received a reply. Those 52 people also have not got their land deeds. I request you to please enquire and help us. For more Marawi Ji can be reached at 08959951029

A caller from Nohta village in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh is telling us that illegal mining is going on in the forest in Chhagon range no 19 where with connivance of local forest officer. They are diging out stones in huge quantity from the forest.He says this needs investigating and the culprits should be severely punished. For more the caller can be reached at 09691999181

My name is Raja Rathod. I am calling from Dornapal in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. The population of Dornapal is 3-4000 but 3 years back it was declared a Nagar Panchayat by showing a much bigger population. More than 100 families of adivasis live in Dornapal for more than 35 years but their Forest Rights applications are not progresing because the officials say the act does not apply in cities. The adivasis are demanding that Dornapal be made a village again.For more Raja can be reached at 09479012000

My name is Bineshwar Naik. I am calling from Kangi village in Ramgarh district of Jharkhand. We are from a landless dalit family. My ansestors are farming on a patch of forest land from last 40 years but they do not have any receipt for it. On instigation of some villagers now forest department is telling us that we can not do any farming on that land. I request all of you to please help us. For more Bineshwar can be reached at 08409482115