Bhan Sahu is telling story of a village near Ambagarh Chowki in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh where there were 15 families who used to make liquor for their living. But village headman and some women got together and have forced those families to not make liquor. They say now children have also started drinking in the village and those families should find other occupation rather than selling liquor. She tells about two women in the village who are forced to live with their parents due to drinking habit of their husbands

Ramdas Dhurve from Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh says that in their area Sarpach and sachiv in Gram Panchayat does not accept any application for work under NREGA. They start NREGA work when they feel like. The payments are also delayed. He requests to help so that people can get work when they want as prescribed in the law and also to get their due payments for NREGA work. Dhurve Ji can be reached on 08103115243

“Police and SPOs have attacked villages near Chintalnar in Dantewada district and have burnt many houses” says Himanshu Kumar quoting his colleagues on ground. He alleges that police have also killed two people and raped 5 women during these attacks in last one week. He appeals to media to go to these villages and find out the truth
Moderators note : We have heard these reports from more than one sources in last few days. We are yet to find an eyewitness. Chief Minister Raman Singh was also informed about these unconfirmed reports in presence of MLA, Konta Mr Kawasi Lakhma and CM had promised to look into the cases

Pitbasu Bhoi should be a poster boy for NREGA for working all the 100 days under the program. But as you may recall as it was reported before on this forum that his son died in need of attention when he was still struggling to get his wages. He has got his wages after the incident but he has tried twice to give an application for late application but officials have refused to take it. Then when he sent it by post officials tried to settle it by paying him some money. He requests all of us help him get his compensation for late payment according to law. Pitbasu Ji is at 09406222752

Bhan Sahu from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh says it is 5 years since Mohla dam was built but evicted people are still running from pillar to post for their compensation. In November when they did a dharna officials have given them an assurance that all payments will be done before new year and dharna was withdrawn. But the officials have paid only a few influential people by now and rest adivasis are still struggling to get money for their own land. Bhan Ji at 09406033089