Govind Salam a Sarpanch in a village in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh says there are 50 drinking water connection in his village but most of them are not working and only 3/4 are functional. People are in big trouble and are forced to fetch water from nearby villages. Complaint to authorities are not working. He requests us to help reach the authorities. For more Govind ji can be reached at 09098265860

Alok Shukla from Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan is reporting from Jan Chetna Yatra in Janjgir district in Chhattisgarh. The Yatra is talking to people about Govt’s decision to bring 34 thermal power plants in a district which has 78% irrigated land. They are also discussing the issues of how people are getting cheated in various accounts by companies and the problem of pollution. The Yatra will culminate in a rally of villagers on 20th in Janjgir. For more Alok can be reached at 09977634040

Ramkailash Kol from in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh says many handpumps in adivasi areas in his village are not working for many months now but complaints do not work. He says the authorities are not concerned about hardship of adivasis. He requests us to call CO Balwant Singh 09977845752, Secretry Babbu Sen 098937 and Sarpanch Ramashray Harijan 08120646351. For more Ramkailash ji can be reached at 07354671394

A caller from village Pota, Lakhanpur in District Surguja in Chhattisgarh says Happy Holi to all of us. He says in my village there is no water, no roads, no elctricity. We also have got to ration cards. We have got no payment on NREGA after complaining. We also told about all these to our collector in a public hearing. But nothing happens. We are a village in the hilly area. For more please contact the caller at 09584830937

Rahul Soni from Ambikapur in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh says he went to a nearby village today and saw a construction work under MGNREGA. He says in the road construction there is no need of a bridge as no water flows in the area even in monsoon but they are building a small bridge there. He says I want to inform the authorities to do a check. For more Rahul Ji can be reached at 09926857456