Raju Rana from Chatra district in Jharkhand is visiting a rural village in the district. There are more than 350 students in the school. There is only one teacher appointed in the school who is helped by 3 para teachers. But post lunch the teacher with one para teacher has disappeared. He says it is an unwritten rule in these rural schools that half the teachers disappear after lunch. Administration have been informed but they do not take any action. For more Raju Ji can be reached at 07277092371

Raju Rana from Chatra district of Jharkhand is telling us that in Semaria block more than dozen villages are in bad shape for lack of rains. Only 2-5% farmers have sown rice in these villages. The rain is so less this time that in these villages some of the ponds are still dry and people are using them for walking over. Govt should look into plight of farmers of these villages. For more Raju JI can be reached at 09835235929

Raju Rana from Chatra district of Jharkhand is telling us about Birhor primitive tribals from his area. He says Birhors are hunter and gatherer but due to depleting forests they do not get much prey in forest and have started to live a settled life of farming and manual laborer from some time. They still go for collecting hunting 4/5 times a month but they mainly get some roots from forest. He says no one cares for them and he is telling a recent incident when a groupd of doctors came to help the Birhors they were also misbehaved by the powerful village leaders. For more Raju can be reached at 08651164322

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

Raju Rana from Chatra district of Jharkhand says there are lots of forest around his village and old people know many usages of herbs and trees which helps them in many diseases including in some where modern medicines also can not help. But the new generation is not taking interest in this knowledge. There is also no effort to increase the number of these trees/herbs which can also generate work for many youth from these rural areas. For more Raju can be reached at 09430313721