ज़मी तो इक तरफ हम आसमाँ हिला देंगे, करेंगे आह तो बस आग ही लगा देंगे...
Chandrakanta Mohtekar from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh is singing a struggle song: ज़मी तो इक तरफ हम आसमाँ हिला देंगे, करेंगे आह तो बस आग ही लगा देंगे...
Posted on: Feb 21, 2013. Tags: Chandrakanta Balaghat
Adivasi working on land from 20 years, Forest dept evicts, plants Jatropha...
Chandra Pratap Singh from Navrachna in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh is visiting a village called Sirhitti in Gourela block where he meets an adivasi farmer Mewalal who tells him though he was working on forest land from more than 20 years the forest department officials threw him out and planted Jatropha in 2007. Forest Rights Act 2006 prohibits this act and authorities are requested to get Mewalal his land. For more Mr Singh can be reached at 08823051477
Posted on: Feb 19, 2013. Tags: CHANDRA PRATAP SINGH FOREST LAND
Forest dept breaks houses of Baiga adivasis living on forest land from 15 yrs
Naresh Bunkar is calling from Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh to tell that yesterday in Bijadhap near Bhoramdev sanctuary forest department officials destroyed around 15 houses of Baiga adivasis. The adivasis were living and farming on land from more than 15 years. They have also threatened to arrest if they do not leave. People are frightened though it is a violation of forest rights act. For more Bunkar Ji can be reached at 09893169563
Posted on: Feb 19, 2013. Tags: FOREST LAND NARESH BUNKAR
Govt not giving any community rights under Forest Rights Act in Chhattisgarh
My name is Chandra Pratap Singh. Today I am visiting village Pandripani in Gourela block of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh where head of Village forest protecton committee tells me that Govt is giving individual forest rights but not to community. He says if we can save our forest then only our future generations will survive. You are requested to help to fight for community forest rights. For more Mr Singh can be reached at 08823051477
Posted on: Feb 17, 2013. Tags: CHANDRA PRATAP SINGH CHHATTISGARH FOREST
Mosquito breeding near our only handpump, people falling sick, Pls help us...
My name is Midium Ramu. I am calling from Mamillagudem village,Kummuru gram panchyat,Chinturu mandal ,Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. In our village there is one old drinking water bore well but it is not in good condition. Muddy water gets stored around it and breeds mosquitoes. We are suffering from malaria and typhoid due to this. Please help us get a new bore well. For more Ramu Ji can be reached at 09493737418
