Rajesh Yadav from Uttar Pradesh is visiting some villages in Hubli district of Karnataka with some students as part of a study tour and talking to his fellow students who tell him that many here who they interviewed do not know much about Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and its intricacies. He suggests that Govt should work more on propagating about laws and schemes made for benefits of rural people so that they can make more use of them as intended. Rajesh@8123608025

मुजफ्फरपुर, बिहार से उषा देवी एक गीत सुना रही है यह गीत लड़की के विवाह के समय उसके घर में गाया जाता है:
बन्नी बैठी है कमरे में-
हँसे मन-मन में-
सजन घर जाना है-
बन्नों कि मांगों में टीका सोहे-
बछवा लगा के विदा कर दो-
मुआ से गोद भर दो-
सेंदुर से मांग भर दो-
सजन घर जाना है-
बन्नी बैठी है...

Rajkumar is calling from Kobna village in Hunterganj block of Chatra district in Jharkhand to say that main road connecting their village from health center is breached for around 100 feet and no officer and relief worker has visited them after repeated requests. There is lots of rains and many roads have been damaged in the region and administration is working on repairing many of them. They are requesting for repair of their road too and are requesting to call DC@9470197499 to help. Rajkumar@9199359767

ग्राम-देवरी, पोस्ट+थाना-चंदोरा, जिला-सूरजपुर (छत्तीसगढ़) से कैलाश सिंह पोया एक गीत सुना रहे हैं:
समझदारी ल बढ़ावा, समझदारी ल बढ़ावा-
अपन रिश्ता ल बनावा, समझदारी ल बढ़ावा-
खेती बाड़ी ला करवावा अन्न उपजावा-
जिनगी हर जीयत रही, रिश्ता हर बढ़त रही-
हंसी में जिनगी ला बितावा-
समझदारी ल बढ़ावा...

Today Sunil Kumar is helping us listen to songs and reports from Bihar in this latest edition of Bluetooth radio program in Bhojpuri language also spoken in some parts of the state. Villagers use their mobile phones to record these songs and reports. They call 08050068000 to record. Now this program can be downloaded by people from their Gram Panchayat office if it has Broadband or from a download centre nearby. They can also get it from someone with smartphone and internet and then via bluetooth.