रोजगार गारंटी के मजदूरों ने कराई जन सुनवाई है
जिम्मेदार लोगों को उनका वादा याद दिलाई है
सौ दिन के काम का था वादा
परंतु दाम और भुगतान में मुश्किलें हैं ज़्यादा
सोचा था काम के लिए रोज़गार गारंटी का वरदान पाया है
परंतु मेहनत का न हमने भुगतान पाया है
जॉब कार्ड रख लेता है पंचायत
अब किससे करे शिकायत
बैंक दौडाता है बार बार
इससे हमारी भावनाएं हो रही हैं तार तार
इसीलिए अब हमने संघर्ष का बीडा उठाया है
प्यारे मज़दूर साथियों वक्त ने हमें यह सिखलाया है
हम मज़दूरों का संघर्ष से है पुराना वास्ता
इसीलिए हमने चुना है गांधीजी वाला रास्ता

अशोक बिस्वास

Prakash Gupta in Bilaspur village of Batauli block of Surguja district is interviewing two laborers who have got wages of Rs 70 per day after working in NREGA when the wage rate was Rs 100 at that time which has now gone up. But Prakash says these laborers are lucky one as rest of them have not been paid any money one and half year after the work. For more please contact Prakash at 07697852665

Himanshu Kumar is narrating the story of Seema Azad who is langueshing in Uttar Pradesh jail from last one year on charges of being a Maoist. Himanshu says Seema faught a successful legal case against sand mafia and got an order that no machine should be used in sand extraction and all the work should be got done by women self help groups. This victory was the main reason behind arrest of Seema Azad, he says

Sanjay Sharma is talking from Bisarmani village of Mainpat block of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh where he witnessed that a Panch of the village is collecting NREGA wages from Bank on behalf of the whole village. Sanjay asks how is bank allowing this? This process can be misused for taking out momey after creating forged musterrolls and must be investigated. Bisarmani is not the only village where this system is operational but other department like forest etc are also using this method. Sanjay can be reached on 09754332440

Amir Rizvi from Mumbai is discussing about a discussion on a TV channel NDTV where former head of paramilitary Border Security force said the fight going on in central India is a fight of adivasis to save their land and forest. He says when an activist says similar things she is put behind bars. He says there is no other way to solve Naxal problem apart from discussions and dialogues