Afzal Khan from Bhopalpatnam in Chhattisgarh says teak smuggling in the area continues. This week a team led by few forest guards and daily wage laborers caught teak worth Rs 2.5 lakhs from Indravati river while being transported to Andhra. State has appointed more than a dozen full time staff to stop this smuggling but they do not live in the area. He requests us to call Forest Officer Mr Alok Prasad at 094242055331/08435558332 to enquire about it. For more please call Afzal ji at 9406152118

Bhan Sahu is interviewing Jaidev Mohole of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra who is sharing about the poor state of Forest Reservoirs built by Forest Department. He says that officials make the cost estimates in their offices, without visiting the area. As a result of this the ponds are poorly constructed and do not serve their purpose, resulting in water being unavailable for humans and cattle and a huge waste of money for the state administration.For more Bhan ji can be reached at +919406033089

Son Singh Dhurve from Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh is singing a song about corruption of Rs 11 lakhs and 90 thousand in a nursery of Govt forest department where poor adivasi laborers were cheated in his area. He says if we do not raise these issues in the form of poetry and song then how do we participate in the process of nation building. For more on the story and translation of the song Son Singh ji can be reached at 07869591425

Ashok Shrimali from Gujarat says forest department has given oral eviction orders to 30 tribal families who lives inside the Gir National forest. At one side Govt is making special arrangements for tourists which create lots of problem for the wildlife but are evicting people living there for many years. Many organisations are coming together to start a satyagraha to protest againt this order. For more Ashok ji can be reached at 09825023180

Khuturam Sunani is talking to a villager in Bolangir district of Odisha who says the school in his village was inaugurated by MLA in 2006 but because it is on forest land so the forest department is not allowing a school building to be built and children are forced to study under a tree. People have also not got the community land rights under Forest Rights Act which can inable them to make a school building. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625