Gokaran Verma is talking to Ramnath Nag of Madhva village, Katpadi Panchayat, Kondagaon district, Chhattisgarh who wants to draw attention to the dilapidated condition of adivasi hostel housing 52 students in his village. Nag says that though Rs 8.5 lakh were released for hostel repairs, the building is still unsafe. A verbal complaint to the officers has gone in vain. Pls call Collector@9424200202, Education Officer@9424292202. Gokaran Verma@822603441.

Laxman Singh Davar is calling from Athava village of Badi Begalgaon Panchayat, Sondwa block, Alirajpur district MP to report about a broken hand pump in a middle school with 500 students. With the hand pump broken for over a year, students need to walk across road to get water, which may lead to an accident. Written and in-person appeals to officials have yielded no response. We request you to call PHE officer@7354055388, Collector@9926581715. Davar@9753856268.

Hemant Korram is calling from Ishalnar village under Bamni Post office in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh to say that the village high school has no building though it was approved 5 years ago. The school also faces acute shortage of teachers. Close to 300 children attend this school where there is hardly enough space to sit. Despite appeals to officers, nothing has changed here. You are requested to call the Collector@9424200202, CEO@9406278181.Hemant Korram@8120465695.

Jagdish is calling from Ambedkar Nagar in Dabhoura village of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh and talking to Mukesh who says Govt PHE dept has installed water tank here 2 years ago but it is left abandoned. Pipeline was also laid for it but that is now broken and needs repair.They complained in CM’s helpline 2 months back but no progress has been made. 900 Dalits live here, he says and we need this water tank started. You are requested to call PHE officer@9425677264. Jagdish@9630095968.

Bokkili Vinod is calling from Chidumuru village of Chintur Mandal, East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh and saying in Gondi that 30 Adivasi families live in their neighbourhood. All the families are dependent on a small water tank for their water supplies, which is insufficient. This has caused water scarcity in the village and some families have to go without water. Listeners are requested to call the officials concerned and put forth request for a bigger tank. Please call RWS DE@8008082323. Bokili Vinod@8897323132.