Mining mafia harass tribal who helped catch illegal explosives
Kailash Meena, a tribal had helped recover two truck loads of illegal explosives, in the Neemka Thana area in Rajasthan. The trucks are parked in the Patal police station. Meena told Himanshu Kumar on phone that he is being chased by goons of the mining Mafia in Rajasthan and he needs help. For more please contact Himanshu ji at 9013893955
Posted on: Mar 23, 2012. Tags: HIMANSHU KUMAR MINING
NREGA: Delayed payment complaints to collector dont help
Bindeshwari Painkra and his colleagues help the people deal with the problems associated with the Government Employment guarantee scheme MNREGA. He refers to the recent award to Sarguja district for best performance in the implementation of MNREGA. With examples he says he has shown on CGNet that there are many cases of delayed payment, fudged muster roles, and corruption in sanctioning jobs. Quite often the promise of 100 days of employment guarantee is not met. Despite timely transfer of funds from the Centre to the State and the State to the district, the payments are often delayed. He wonders how bad things must be in other districts and pledges with his friends to continue to report lapses on CGNet regularly.For more he can be contacted at 7828972116
Posted on: Mar 20, 2012. Tags: BINDESHWARI PAINKRA NREGA
Do not loose hope and use Swara platform, says an adivasi
Hem Singh Markam from Sajankhar village in Kabirdham district in Chhattisgarh is thanking everyone in CGnet Swara for brining water to his village. He says he had sent many requests to many officials in last 3 years saying people and animals in his village are suffering as there is no water in the vicinity but no one had helped but the same on CGnet has worked and now they have a handpump in the village. He suggests all of us to use this platform to address their problems and do not loose hope. For more Markam ji can be reached at 09893062106
Posted on: Mar 19, 2012. Tags: Hem Singh Markam
Officials reach Korwa village to investigate "hunger death"
Bindeshwari Painkra had sent an interview with a Korwa tribal Hingaram from Lotapani village in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh who had lost his mother “due to hunger”. Police, Tahsildar and Congress workers has visited him today but Hungaram tells Bindeshwari that before they arrived his Sarpanch tried to frighten him by saying that if he continues with his statement all the Korwas will go to jail. For more Painkra ji can be reached at 07828972116
Posted on: Mar 19, 2012. Tags: Bindeshwari Painkra
No notice for public hearing, police beats up who reached
Litu Minj from Sundargarh district in Odisha says on 16th March a public hearing was scheduled in Khatpur bahal gram panchayat regarding the planned expansion of Limestone and Dolomite Mines for cement factories. Some people opposed the expansion and the police resorted to Lathi charge. No one from the board of Pollution Control reached the venue.Those who are opposing the expansion say that the mines cause pollution in their area, and they do not want to give away their land, and some of them can be heard in the recording. According to rules, 30 days of advance notice should be given in 2 prominent news papers by the Pollution Control Board. However they placed an ad only in the Indian Express, and nothing was announced in the local press.For more please contact Littu Minj of Kutra Prakhand Sundargarh District at 08895938371
