I am a blind person and it is very difficult for me to use a mobile phone where manufacturers do not think about visually impaired people says Hitesh Kumar from Odisha. He says recently he found a company called Itel who are making phones for visually impaired. You can get more details by calling their toll free number 1800-419-0525. He found model number IT-5320 costing Rs 1585 useful which can improve with more feed back. The phone is only available in North India now. Hitesh@9658673799

Hitesh Kumar is calling from Mayurbhanj district in Odisha and says he heard the post of a blind person showing his frustration on his situation that he is not getting any job and post for handicapped people are getting filled by other handicaps and blinds are not given chance. He suggests him to try a toll free number 1800-300-20469 which gives all types of information for blind people including of jobs and education. He says I am also a blind and It may be a bad time but please don’t loose hope. Hitesh@9556881616

Bhan Sahu has participated in a 2 day conference of women village heads of Ambagarh Chouki in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh and says that her impression is mixed. Govt has given 33% reservation to women in Panchayati Raj ( it is supposed to increase to 50% for all states soon). She met some Sarpanchs who are doing their work well. But some Adivasi women sarpanchs did not know anything about their rights and duties. They did not know why they were in the meeting. So it is obvious what is their role in Panchayat.

Hitesh Kumar is calling from Kardiha village in Mayurbhanj district in Odisha and says he heard the message from Mr Patra about death of 19 children due to malnutrition in adivasi villages in Jajpur district in Odisha. He says in future if you witness any problem with children then please immediately call on Toll free number 1098. The same news is now on mainstream media but still CGnet listeners should call collector. He says in future in such conditions everyone should also call 108 and 102 for ambulance. Hitesh@8093399861