Manish Rai from Surguja district in Chhattisgarh says the work of Rajiv Gandhi rural electrification for families living Below Poverty Live (BPL) is going on in the area but many families are failing to avail the facility because they do not have the possession of the BPL ration cards in their hand. He requests the administration to make sure that every BPL family gets the benefit of this program aimed to help the poor. Manish can be reached at 09826538904

Chhattisgarh handicapped association is planning a dharna and rally demanding rights of handicapped people from all over the state on 25th January in Raipur. The dharna will start at 9 on Budha Talab and the rally to Mantralay will start at 1 pm.

Manish Rai is standing in Virampur village with a very bad mobile connectivity. He talks to quite a few laborers in the village who say they have not been paid wages for NREGA from more than a year. He also finds that many people have not been paid from their NREGA work from the year 2008-09. For more please contact Manish at 09826538904

Manish Rai from Ambikapur Chhattisgarh says I had reported about death of Santosh Bhoi in CGnet Swara 3 days back whose father Pitbasu Bhoi did not get any wages after working for 100 days in MGNREGA. He says I would like you to know that 3 days have passed but no government official have visited the family of Pitbasu Bhoi yet and he has not been paid any wages either. He says more than 40% laborers remain to be paid their wages in MGNREGA in Surguja district

Manish Rai from Ambikapur says some days back I had heard an interview on CGnet Swara with a labourer called Pitbasu who had completeled 100 days work in NREGA but had not been paid any wages. Today by chance I met him in the hospital and found that while Pitbasu was making rounds for his due NREGA wages his son died in the hospital. Is there any provision in NREGA to punish officials who has caused this grave incident? NREGA laws should be so strong that no one should wait for their wages as has happened with Pitbas. Fore more on the story please contact Manish at 09826538904