House burnt, Woman dishonored, Crop destroyed but Police takes no action...
Ramchandar is calling from Jampani village in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. He says near my village in the forest some adivasis live in Dhooma. On 12th January some influential people burnt the house of an adivasi Rajesh. Same night they misbehaved with an adivasi woman and on next day they destroyed entire crop of adivasis by letting loose their animals. Police came but no action has been taken yet. You are requested to help. For more Ram can be reached at 09793528108
Posted on: Jan 15, 2013. Tags: Ramchandar
Manual scavengers not allowed to fetch water, walk on street in Chitrakoot UP
My name is Harishchandra Deepankar. I am calling from Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh. I work in Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan with manual scavangers to encourage them to stop this work. In my district in Dwarkapuri area manual scavengers are not allowed to enter the area and walk on streets. In some areas they are not allowed to collect water from wells and they need to walk long distance to fetch water. For more Deepankar Ji can be reached at 08718928718
Posted on: Jan 15, 2013. Tags: CHITRAKOOT HARISHCHANDRA DEEPANKAR WATER
Live report from foot march in MP demanding 5 acre land to each landless...
Achchhelal Adivasi from Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh is talking to us from the foot march of Dalit Mahasabha. He is telling us about the places the yatra has covered in last 9 days. He helps us talk to some old people who tell him that they are living in those villages from many years but they have no land to cultivate. The yatra is demanding 5 acre of land to all landless. The 6 month long yatra will culminate in June in Bhopal. For more Achchhelal Ji can be reached at 09584259737
Posted on: Jan 09, 2013. Tags: ACHCHHELAL ADIVASI LAND
Cultivating land from 30 years but no land deed under Forest Rights Act yet...
My name is Punnam Ramu. I am calling from Laxmipuram village in Chinturu mandal of Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh. in our village we are doing podu cultivations from last 30 years. But we are yet to get land deeds under Forest Rights Act. We have approached forest department officials many times. But no one is helping.Please help us. For more Mr Ramu can be reached with rhe help of 09490353568
Posted on: Jan 09, 2013. Tags: FOREST LAND PUNNAM RAMU
Baiga adivasis getting harassed to get approved FRA land deeds from 9 months...
Naresh Bunkar from Adivasi Jan Van Adhikar Manch in Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh is telling us that in Kandawani village in Polmi block near Pandaria many Baiga adivasi families are running from pillar to post to get their approved land deeds under Forest Right act. The people who got their deeds had to give Rs 100 as bribe to get the land deeds. They are looking for your help. For more Bunkar Ji can be reached at 08720822286
