Satendra Oraon from Chatra district of Jharkhand is telling us that adivasis of his area took out a rally today and have stopped the work in the BCL coal mines. He says BCL is cheating the local people and taking away their land and today their main demand is release of their local leader Suresh who was arrested by police who was leading their agitation against the mines. The youth and women are taking part in the agitation in a big way and they are waiting for administration to come for the talks. For more Oraon ji can be reached at 08877038597

Vinod Choudhary is talking to a laborer Suresh Saket from village Barhatola in Khamaria gram panchayat of Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh. Suresh ji tells him that he and other laborers worked under NREGA for digging a well in June 2008 for 28 days but none of them have been paid. The work on the well is also incomplete. They make rounds of the officials but no one has helped them so far. We in CGnet are requested to raise the issue. For more Vinod Ji can be reached at 08718015537

Bineshwar Nayak from Ramgarh district of Jharkhand tells us that monsoon has brought happiness in the faces of villagers who are dependent on rains for their crops but it has also brought toilet shame. He says villagers go to fields for toilet but in the monsoon months all the fileds are in use and some times men and women have to defacate in the same space. Govt had started building toiltes in his village for BPL families last year but the project lies uncomplete and unattended. He requests us to intervene to save his fellow villagers specially women from this shameful situation. For more Mr Nayak can be reached at 8409482115

Kamal Shukla from Kanker district in Chhattisgarh says Mines department in the district is not giving information about mining in the area giving secracy clause. He says in last 4 years 35 RTI applications were made and in only 6 cases, information was given. In 2 cases the applicant had to go to appeal. Refused cases also include Central Govt’s Bhilai Steel Plant’s mining acitivity in Raoghat area about which the Information officer has said that these information can not be given. For more Kamal Ji can be reached at 09981635944

Bineshwar Naik says villagers in his village and nearby are passing a resolution to build a road to connect their villages to the city from last 10 years but the road never get constructed. He says there are around 15,000 people live here in these 7 villages. The bridge on the road was broken two years ago and the people who need to go to the city for their livelihood and education are facing huge problem during the monsoon. Many leaders have given false assurances to them but nothing has happened. Pls help. For more Mr nayak can be reached at 08409482115