Manju Thakur from Bilaspur is reporting about 3 more malaria deaths in villages nearby Bilaspur in last 2 days. She says it looks malaria deaths are not restricted to some areas of the district but it is the biggest problem in the district today. She says media has stopped reporting about it and are the authorities trying to suppress the news? Why people are dying due to an old disease like malaria and why the effect of malaria is so much this year, these things need to be investigated

Arvind Anjum from Visthapit Mukti Vahini in Jharkhand is reporting about their struggle to stop the closure of dam gates when rehabilitation is not complete. He says it is a big victory for the people. Visthapit Mukti Vahini is an organisation of 15,000 people of 116 villages in Chandil area where a dam is being built from last 30 years. People are demanding that their compensation should be increased and they should be allowed to use water from the dam. Government has responded by increasing the number of officers working on rehabilitation