Jainendra Singh Porte from village Ghatbarra in Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh says that near their village forest department with connivance of a company have cut thousands of trees without any perimssion from Gram Panchayat. The Panchayat has passed aresolution last year saying company should not work in the area but the company work continues. He wants to know is this work legal when Gram Sabha has not allowed it to continue? For more Porte ji can be reached at 09406191382

Mohd Ainul Ansari from Dhanbad in Jharkhand says on 11th June he had visited some villages in Bagmara block and had found that the villages had no electricity from April. When he reported about it on Swara after a week on 19th June the transformer was repaired and he wants to thank on behalf of the villagers. But the very next day one more tranformer went bust and the village is again back in dark. Not only that the villagers have also got electricity bill for last 2 months. He requests us to call the head of electrcity department at 09431135800 to help the villagers. For more Ansari ji can be reached at 09709235854

Mohd Ainul Ansari from Coal mines area in Dhanbad Jharkhand today is talking to Co-operative leader Mohd Gaffar Ansari who tells him that as per government and national Human rights commssion instruction they formed a co-operative 15 years ago but still Coal India is not giving work to local unemployed youth who are part of the co-operative. He describes the story of their struggle and tells all the names of the leaders they have visited but have got no help. He also alleges that it looks officials of Coal India are hell bent not to give jobs to local youth. For more Ansari ji can be reached at 09709235854

239 acres of land was given to BCCL, in district Dhanbad, to establish a power plant by the landowners in the hope that they will get jobs after the power plant is set up. However the project failed. The land was given over to a private company OSD, which did not offer any employment to the locals. After more than two decades of patient waiting, no resolution has been made although an agreement was signed on 29/8/11 after protest by locals. They started protesting again on the 13th of this month, but Section 144 was clamped on the protesting people, and the issue is being drowned in legal procedures. Jharkhand Berojgar Morcha Secretary Rajkumar Napit requests the powers that be to intervene and provide relief.He can be contacted at 9661156574

Hem Singh Markam an adivasi from Kabirdham district says a forest ranger came to our village and told us that if we went with him to forest to do some work he will give us deeds for land. 30 of us went with him but he now refuses to fulfil his promise. Not only that he has filed a police case against us. The number of the ranger is 9424112377. It seems the forest officials are now planning to throw us out of our land. Please help. For more Markam Ji can be reached at 09893062106