Rela re Rela, Rela re rela
Living on top of the hills my tribal sister
Shining star, bud of the jasmine
Listen to me listen here once
Like a sun shine you want to work on the road construction
The owner looks at you and talks good with you
Your cheecks looks like a moon
your color is like lemon
He comes near you
He talks to you nicely
He comes near you
Dont listen to his words
Dont get cheated by him
Listen to me listen here once

My name is Harishchandra Deepankar. I am calling from Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh. I work in Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan with manual scavangers to encourage them to stop this work. In my district in Dwarkapuri area manual scavengers are not allowed to enter the area and walk on streets. In some areas they are not allowed to collect water from wells and they need to walk long distance to fetch water. For more Deepankar Ji can be reached at 08718928718

Surendra Hanspal is visiting a village called Bakhel 50 kms from Bhilai in Chhattisgarh where weekly haat is on and he meets Shiv Sahu who is selling sweets there. Shiv tells him that he is from Bareli in Uttar Pradesh and he has come this far because there is less competition here. He tells him that he earns around Rs 100 to 150 everyday and people in Chhattisgarh are very co-operative. He also plans to make Chhattisgarh his home. For more Hanspal Ji can be reached at 09425202442

Subhash Gayali is talking to us today from village Nagda in Dhanbad district. He is attending a meeting of Grameen Vikas Sangharsh Samiti where many villagers are taking part. The villagers say that they will continue their struggle against the mining comoany demanding that the company levels the closed coal mines and give the land back to farmers so that they can restart their farming. They have also decided to raise other local issues. For more Gayali Ji can be reached at 07654251397

Vaibhav Kesarvani from Dabhaura area in Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh is telling us that due to excessive cold weather and hailstorm the oilseed crops of farmers have got destroyed and farmers are in bad shape. But no govt official have come to help. There is one more problem of influential people using the water from common land and animals are being deprived of access to those common waterbodies. You are requested to help. For more Vaibhav Ji can be reached at 09893396947