Savita Rath from Raigarh says when people went to take bath this morning in Kelo river they found many dead fish. After exploration she found that more than 3 ton fish have died in Kelo river in last one week. She says the villagers alleged that industries at the bank of river are emptying their toxic waste at night. Since no action has been taken yet she requests that government should be pressurized to take action asap. For more please contact Savita ji at 09589667419

Savita Raj from Barlia village in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh says their Self Help Group of adivasi woman is running a ICDS (anganwadi) center in the village but they have not received any help from the government from 1st January. She says we are a group of poor adivasi women we managed to give cooked food to children in last few months but we can not manage any more and today we could only give little dry food to children. I request govt to send our due rice immediately to help these malnourisehd children. Savita can be reached at 07869234650

Rakesh Rai from a village in Surguja district is interviewing a laborer in a bad mobile signal situation. The laborer says he has worked for 100 days in NREGA with his wife but they have got paid for 27 days after 7 months. The laborer says the officers keep telling me that the money has been deposited in bank and we will get the money soon but that soon never happens. Rakesh says this is very sad that the laborer is thinking of going Ambikapur to beg and we must do something to change the situatio. For more please contact Rakesh at 09826515792

Rajesh Tripathi from Raigarh is telling about a chakka jam by villagers in Tamnar in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh against alleged illegal encroachment by Jindal Power and Steel for making road. The villagers have given an ultimatum till tomorrow to remove the earth from farmer lands otherwise they will be forced to go for indefinite chakka jam

Rajesh Tripathi from Jan Chetna organisation in Raigarh says that days before planned public hearing for coal mines for DB Power plant there are many illegal activities going on in the area with connivance of administration. The company people are bribing and threatening people. The details given in the EIA report are incorrect. He requests journalists and social activists to attend the hearing on 28th February to report on any suspected foulplay