Bhan Sahu is visiting an adivasi village Pandutola in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh where she talks to the school teacher who tells her that there are 150 students in the school and the number of teachers is very few. And in addition to that the teachers are often sent on non-teaching work like BPL survey, electoral roll, census etc. They also need to go for long trainings to these works. All of these are affecting the students badly. Administration has been told about it many times but they do not care. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09406033089

Arpana Pada from Nagri village near Ranchi says we are sitting on a day and night protest dharna from 4th April against govt move to take our 227 acre fertile land for building Indian Institute of Management and Law college by force. 5000 people are dependent on this land. From last 2 days 500 policemen have arrived and they have ordered section 144 to start work on boundary wall. People are sad and worried about their future. They need your help at this moment of crisis. For more Arpana Ji can be reached at 08092439822

Bhagirath Verma from Raipur in Chhattisgarh says rifles are ruling us from both sides. Govt is worried about moists rifles and people are worried about govt rifles. We got independence but that is used to benefit only the industrialists. Whenever workers raise democratic demands for legal rights they are being suppressed by govt rifles. He suggests if govt obeys the labor laws there will not be any maoist and any one interested in taking up guns. For more Bhagirath ji can be reached at 09039142049

A caller from Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh says his village has become the den of illegal liquor making. He says vilalgers have complained to authorities but the liquor mafia pays bribe to higher officials and nothing happens.The situation has become so bad that people do not want to get their children married to their village. He says I have raised the issue in local media as well but that has not helped either. He requests for help to save his village. For more the caller can be reached at 09619182680

Hem Singh Markam from Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh says he wants to eastablish a platform for handicapped people. He says gvt of India passed laws for handicapped people in 1995 and it was also published in Govt regulations in 1996 but those rights are not given to the handicapped people. He would like to raise these issues from the platform. he requests anyone who would like to join the platform to contact him at 09893062106