Bhuneshwar Maravi from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh says more 1000 people of nearby 12 Gram panchayats took our rally demanding better implemeentation of NREGA, NRHM and PDS. People demanded that NREGA work should be done according to people’s requests and payment under NREGA is delayed which should change. And if Govt can not give work and wages in time then they should give compensation as per law. For more Maravi ji can be reached at 09617903761

Bhan Sahu ji is reporting from a primary school in Ranpakheda, 20 km from Ambagarh Chowki in Chhattisgarh. Pooja, one of the students, is singing a song for us about a motherless child’s sorrow. For a full translation, Bhan ji can be reached at +919406137939

KM Yadav ji is reporting from Kanpur. He sayss that the staff at a Govt hospital in Kanpur have demanded Rs 150,000 from Suresh, a poor labourer to treat his son, who is suffering from a hole in the heart. Suresh and his son were asked to leave and not return until they could pay the amount. Yadav ji says that despite several Government health schemes, we still have such incidents in the country. For more information, KM Yadav ji can be reached at 08756011826

Khuturam Sunani from Nuapada district of Odisha says that villagers in Karanbali gram Panchayat in Senapali block had exposed corruption in PDS in the month of June and the officer was sent to jail but instead of rewarding them administration has punished them by sending PDS subsidized rice since then. In protest the villagers have locked the local Gram Panchayat and letters to higher offiicials also has not helped. For more Sunani Ji can be reached at 09437657625

Kashinath Kevat from Jharkhand says Jharkhand is celebrating its 11th establishment day today on 15th November which is also the birthday of Birsa Munda. Formation of Jharkhand was culmination of a long struggle started with the tradition of Birsa Munda and his fight but those expectations have not been fulfilled. Today it is time to restart that struggle to achieve the objecitives for which our ancestors had fought to create a separate Jharkhand. For more Kevat ji can be reached at 08092525072