Raju Rana from Semaria block of Chatra district of Jharkhand is telling us about bad situation of mid day meal for students in village school. The quality of food is so bad that recently children refused to eat. When a para teacher objected he was harassed. When Raju tried to take up the case he was also threatened. He says villagers have complained about it to authorites but there is no action and they have now lost hope that anyone will listen to them. For more Raju ji can be reached at 09661705641

Khuturam Sunani from Nuapada district of Odisha is visiting a village in Sinapali block where he talks to students and parents. They tell him that in the school there are 97 students but only one teacher. They tell him that in 2004 they had 4 teachers but that has now reduced to one and children are facing huge problems. They have complained to the authorities but it does not help. Parents are thinking of putting a lock on the school. Khuturam ji says though we have Right to Education now but the situation of many schools in the area is similar. For more Sunani ji can be reached at 09437657625

Kaladas Daharia from Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha is Bhilai says they are demanding minimum wages for sweepers but instead getting death threat. JP Nair who was leading the agittion has filed a FIR. He says we need to take these threats seriously after attack on Ramesh Agrawal in Raigarh. We also have example of Shankar Guha Niyogi but the government not only not supports the legitimate demands of workers but also is hands in glove with attackers which needs exposing. For more Daharia ji can be reached at 08435549641

Chhotelal Tirkey from Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh is talking to two laborers from Dumadadh village in Pratapur block who tells him that they worked under NREGA a year back but they have not got their wages. They say they also went to collector and he assured immediate payment but one week has passed since then too. They request us to call Chief Exective officer Paras Painkra at 09406134363 to enquire why the laborers have not been paid from one year. For more Tirkey ji can be reached at 08959951029

Reena Ramteke from Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh is talking to Kham Singh a laborer who tells her that they worked uner NREGA in the month of February but have not got any wages. They first wrote to forest department where they had worked. Then they have written to collector who has ordered the forest department to make the payment in a week but they are yet to recieve their wages. For more Reena Ji can be reached at 07828625176