Bindeshwari Painkra is reporting from a village in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh where NREGA payments are due from 2 years and tribals are forced to migrate in search of work to big cities. He says officers and ministers have given many assurances but none has worked. He says we are grateful to Govt for eliminating Naxal terror from Suguja. we are fighting the terror of elephants here. And non payment of NREGA wages is the latest terror which govt officials are fighting only by blank firing of assurances! Mr Painkra can be reached on 07828972116

A villager from Jadugoda area of Jharkhand says that today a public hearing took place for expansion of Uranium mines of Uranium Corporation of India where common public was not allowed to attend and speak. He says earlier it was announced that the hearing will take place in the football ground but it took place inside the mine workers colony where only the family members of the mine workers were allowed. For more please call 09234787675

Dineshwar Nayak is a poet and singer in Adivasi Nagpuri language in Jharkhand. He says the coal companies and factories are creating lots of problem for adivasi people. Water level is going down. Workers are dying at younger age due to pollution. Earth is emptying out for mines and houses are cracking. He says the workers and people cutting the forest for rich people are not realizing that these people are destroying our lives. He sings a Nagpuri song written by him saying all these. Dineshwar can be reached at 08409482115

Ashok Shrimali says Meena ji had reported about a people’s movement against illegal mines in Sikar in Rajasthan. He says local people are continuing with their struggle. Local mime workers union MLPC has written to Chief secretary in the state. PUCL is also raising the issue in various forums but the arrested people from Sikar still remain in jail. For more Shrimali ji can be contacted on 09825023180

Santosh Tudu is an engineer and lives in Ranchi. Last week he went to his village and wants to share his observations. He was shocked to find the quality of drinking water which has also made him sick. He went to a fair where people did not mind postponement a theater show after buying tickets. He was also impressed with the performance of the Santhali theater activists who work as laborer during the day and perform in the evening. He requests the Govt to help this theater industry. Santosh can be reached at 09471756840