Forest dept evicting dalit family farming forest land from 40 years, Pls help...
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
Posted on: Sep 03, 2012. Tags: BINESHWAR NAYAK FOREST LAND
Baiga adivasi group song by women from Dindori in Madhya Pradesh
My name is Jonu Singh. I am speaking from Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh. I work with Baiga Mahapanchayat.Please listen to a Baiga adivais group song which our women are singing. For more on the song you can reach Mr Singh at 08827347460
Posted on: Sep 03, 2012. Tags: DINDORI JONU SINGH
Villagers say they will form company and will do mining on their own land
Rajesh Tripathi from Raigarh in Chhattisgarh says that villagers in Gare in Tamnar block of the district have passed a unanimous resolutuon that from now on they will do mining on their land. The resolution by 500+ people says they will form a company and will give royalty to government. They say a survey says each hectare in their area have coal worth Rs 80 crore. According to a study Rs 10 crores are needed to excavate and market the coal. After that they will be able to give Rs 1 lakh to each adult per year. For more Rajesh ji can be reached at 09424183510
Posted on: Sep 02, 2012. Tags: LAND MINING RAJESH TRIPATHI
NREGA workers demanding wages on dharna from 2 weeks, No one listens
My name is Har Singh Jamre. I am calling from Jagrut Adivasi Dalit sangathan. 500 of us are sitting on a dharna from 23rd August demanding NREGA wages in Pati Panchayat in Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh but no one is listening to us. We gave a list of 10,000 workers who have not got their wages on 17th July to collector. We also showed in one village Limdi out of work of Rs 8 lakh more than Rs 1 lakh was in name of 40 fictitious people. Some of them are dead, some in jail and some have left the village. For more Har Singh Ji can be reached at 0735441581
Posted on: Sep 02, 2012. Tags: HARSINGH JAMRE NREGA
A Karma song by a Baiga adivasi from Dindori in Madhya Pradesh...
My name is Jonu Singh. I am a Baiga adivasi from Dindori district in Madhya Pradesh. Today I want to sing a Karma song for you. For more on the song Jonu Singh Ji can be reached at 08827347460
