In favour of development and against exploitation, and for following the constitution, Tribals will surround the Vidhan sabha in a gaherao and court arrest today on 19th March in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. For more please contact Ramesh Thakur, Organiser Sarva Adivasi Samaj at 08103642366

Shivram Sonwani is visiting Murapara village in Gram Panchayat Rajoti in Sitapur block of Surguja district of Chhattisgarh where he meets some people who worked under NREGA in 2010 but are yet to be paid in full. He talks to some of them who tell him that they worked in plantation and digging work but have paid only in part. Their bank accounts also show that they are yet to be paid in full. For more Sonwani Ji can be reached at 08120040375

हल चलाके खेतों को मैंने ही सजाया रे
गेहूं चावल मक्के के दानों को उगाया रे
चूल्हा भी जलाया मैंने धान भी पकाया रे
सोऊं क्यों भूखे पेट रे कि मेरे लिए काम नहीं
मिट्टी की खुदाई की भट्टी को जलाया रे
ईंटो को पकाया रे, बंगला बनाया रे
संसद का हर एक खम्भा मैंने ही उठाया रे
सोऊं क्यों फुटपाथ पे कि मेरे लिए काम नहीं
शाहजहां के ताज को मैंने ही बनाया रे
मंदिरों को मस्जिदों को मैंने ही सजाया रे
बांसुरी के तार को मांदल को बजाया रे
मेरा संगीत कहाँ रे कि मेरे लिए काम नहीं

Dudharam Ji and his friends from Rajasthan has sent their best wishes for Holi and a Rajasthani song. Please contact him at 09587773969 to more about the song

Shivram Sonwani from Kachnar Adivasi Vikas Samiti in Surguja in Chhattisgarh says we are trying to help workers of NREGA to get their wages in time but we are not succeeding. He tells about a village radhapur where the laborers have not been paid for more than a year and a complaint to Block officers have not helped. In anther work people have worked for a pond construction 4 months back and are still waiting for their wages. For more Sonwani ji can be reached at 08120040375