Hemant Kashyap from Dantewada in Chhattisarh says there is a village called Pondum just 15 kms away from district headquarter where 55 children are getting only rice and salt in their mid day meal since the new education session has started from 16th June. Being so near to Dantewada town newspapers have also written about it and government has taken some action against two of its employees but till today the children are forced to eat same rice and salt and situation for them has not changed. For more Kashyap ji can be reached at 07856252656

Aparna Marandi from Giridih district in Jharkhand is singing a folk song in Santhali language. The song is about brothers and sisters who work together. The song says if brothers and sisters work together in goodwill both can remain happy. The song talks about how they dig a well together which helps both of them get good crop. For more Aparna ji can be reached at 09771949885

Kaladas Daharia from Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha in Sipat in Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh says that with all opposition from traditional and established trade unions we are trying to build a genuine trade union in National Thermal Power corporation. He wants to give a calculation. Non permanent workers do not get minimum wage in NTPC so they are getting cheated Rs 1300 per month. This way if you calculate for 10 years and 10,000+ workers then NTPC has cheated the workers to the tune of more than 1 billion and the trade unions are not raising it. For more Daharia ji can be reached at 08435549641

My name is Bhagirathi. I live in Abhanpur near Raipur in Chhattisgarh. We asked for work under NREGA on 3rd March but no work was given though government says they will give compensation if they can not give work in 2 weeks. I went to many officials including the collector and local MLA who came to our village during Gram Suraj Abhiyan and they promised to look at my demand for compensation. Then we got work for 12 days in May but two months have passed and we have not got any wages neither. For more Bhagirathi ji can be reached at 09981896642

Savita Rath from Jan Chetna Manch Raigarh is telling us about a rally being planned in Raigarh on 15th July. The rally will demand CBI enquiry of the attack on social activist Ramesh Agrawal who was shot by some unidentified gunmen in his shop. No arrests have been made so far. Another rally has been organised on 16th July in capital Raipur when people will try to surround Vidhan Sabha with similar demands. All are requested to reach Panchayati Dharmashala in Raigarh. For more Savita ji can be reached at 07869234650