Pooran Chand Bairwa from Saroli district of Rajastan says that in his village in a recently held caste panchayat has put a fine of Rs 2 lakhs on dalit community. A police case was filed but that has been force withdrawn and he accuses police of helping the upper caste people who have slapped the fine. He demands that Govt should ban these caste panchayats and help these poor people. For more Mr Bairwa can be reached at 09772369358

Naresh Bunkar from Jan Van adhikar Manch in Pandaria in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh says more than 1000 people are yet to get rupees 14 lakh in MNREGA work from year 2010. And more than 2000 people have not got their deeds under Forest Rights Act. Many officials promised but no one has delivered. We are sitting on dharna from last 3 days but no one has bothered to come and talk to us. So today we have announced that our president Khajju bhaiya has now started a fast until death. For more please contact Naresh ji at 09406033089

Chandrakant from Surguja in Chhattisgarh is talking to Larang Sai who works with adivasis. Larang Sai ji says that only those people from Primitive Tribe Groups ( PTGs) who live in hills here have got deeds under Forest Rights Act who lived on that land from before 1980. Rest have not got their deeds for the forest land though they have been living on those lands for long. FRA talks of giving deeds to tribals who were living on the forest land from 2005. For more Chandrakant ji can be reached at 09407778879

Chandrakant Yadav from Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh is telling us that Govt has made special provisions for Baiga tribals like no sterlisation etc so that the dwindling number of the tribe is improved. But on the other hand no health facilities are provided to these people and they die of preventable diseases like diarrhea every monsoon. The same has started with death of a young Baiga this week and many are suffering who are dependent on quacks. For more Yadav Ji can be reached at 079364847

Bhan Sahu visited an adivasi village in Rajnandgaon district today where forest department has stopped adivasi farmers from cultivating forest land. They were cultivating these forest land from more than 15 years. She says there are few influential adivasi families including the headman who own lands and do not want others to have land are conniving with forest department. Police is making false cases agianst people who are trying to help landless adivasis. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09406033089