Bindeshwari Painkra from Surguja district in Chhattisgarh says they did a one month long foot march in Sitapur block to check how government shemes like NREGA, PDS, Mid day meal etc are working. He says they found in many villages headmen are filling fake muster roles in NREGA. People have not been paid for their work in NREGA for more than a year. So people are migrating and they do not want to work in NREGA any more. People have paid Rs 10,000 to get wells dug under NREGA and old age pension etc are also delayed for months. He says they told people that according to law the payment should be made in NREGA in 15 days and gave a report to administration two months back but have not heard back from them yet. Bindeshwari Ji can be reached at 07828972116

Kamlesh from Bijapur in Chhattisgarh interviews eyewitnesses of an incident where a SPO ( Special Police Officer) open fired with his official rifle and killed a youth after some dispute. The eyewitnesses say the SPO was drunk and people are very angry after the incident. Government has appointed SPOs to help in its fight against the Maoists.