Nation's unity is our responsibility
Vandana from Yavatmal says that all of us should respect the court’s verdict on Ayodhya issue and nation’s unity and integrity is responsibility of all of us
Posted on: Sep 22, 2010. Tags: Vandana
How to celebrate festivals: A lesson from a tribal village in Mandla
Mithilesh Kumar from Mandla is reporting how some young boys from his village got together after Independence Day celebration and decided to clean the village. First we should do our duty before demanding rights was the thought. Now on Teachers Day apart from felicitating the teachers they collected ration from each family to prepare a community kitchen to fight caste segregation and also talked about how children learn from bad behavior of parents and how we treat our women folk
Posted on: Sep 05, 2010. Tags: MANDLA MITHILESH KUMAR
No NREGA payment in Mandla after 6 months
Mithilesh Kumar from Partala village in Mandala district of Madhya Pradesh is reporting that in his area people have not been paid for NREGA work from last 6 months. People are sick in the rainy season and are forced to borrow from moneylenders. May be instead of NREGA if they had worked for any one else they would have been in a better situation, he says
Posted on: Aug 27, 2010. Tags: MANDLA NREGA
Tribals beaten by forest officers for asking for land rights, no action after FIR
Smita from Panchmahal district of Gujarat reports that on 9th July when tribals demanded rights against Forest Rights Act they were beaten up by officers of forest department even after showing documents to prove ownership of land. After intervention from Deoghar based women’s organisation an FIR was filed on 28th July but still no action has been taken against the forest department officers. Now the tribals are planning an agitation on 9th September demanding punishment of the forest officers and land rights to them
Posted on: Aug 26, 2010. Tags: FOREST LAND
Non payment of NREGA wages in Rajnandgaon
Bhan Sahu reports from Direjhal village in Nawagaon block of Rajnandgaon district where villagers have not been paid wages of Rs 3.5 lakhs in works under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act from April. Similarly the payment has also not been done in Tatekasa block of the same district
