NREGA : No payment in months, No registration in records either
Rameshwar ji from a village in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh says NREGA wages in his village are unpaid from last 4 months. More than 50 people have worked for more than 2 months and have not got any payment. He says the employment officer has not visited the village since last 4 month when the work started and no registration of the Job card number or the post office account number have taken place in the muster roll. For more please contact 09424161145
Posted on: May 21, 2011. Tags: NREGA RAMESHWAR
People of Bastar have reconsiled to regular Maoist bandh calls
Pramod Potai from Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh says once again Moaists have announced a bandh on 21-22nd May and have burnt a truck carrying stones for road construction in Narayanpur -Orchha road in Abujhmad. He says there is an atmosphere of terror here but it seems people of Bastar have accepted this destiny. These bandhs associated with Maoists fight for a government of their choice creates lots of problem for common people
Posted on: May 20, 2011. Tags: BASTAR PRAMOD POTAI
Adivasis getting raw deal in loan disbursement in Dantewada
Yashwant Ramteke is talking to two entrepreneur adivasi boys who had applied for bank loans after being cleared from Khadi & Gramodyog dept and Pradhanmatri Rozgar Yojna. Yashwant says there are many such cases in this adivasi district and government should be more careful in stopping these adivasi youth in getting diverted in other direction by engaging them in these employment schemes. He says this delay in disbursing loans is also against the Reserve Bank of India norms. Yashwant can be reached on 09424278552
Posted on: Apr 21, 2011. Tags: DANTEWADA YASHWANT RAMTEKE
Dam costed 1 crore but village depends on dying hand pump!
Yashwant Ramteke from Dantewada says as the summer is just arriving the water problem is again becoming severe. He gives example of a village near Dantewada where Public Health department has made a check dam spending Rs 1 crore. But soon after its completion cracks have developed and the village is again dependent on tube well which are getting repaired. He says the situation is particularly bad in Konta block of the district. Yashwant can be reached at 09424278552
Posted on: Apr 17, 2011. Tags: Yashwant Ramteke
Bank officials come at 1.30 and leave at 3.30, please help...
Dudhiram Jaiswal from village Chhapora of block Malkurd district Janjgir Champa says they only have Grameen bank in his villaeg. The headquarter of these banks are in Bilaspur and Raipur. The bank employees come to bank at 1.30 pm and leave at 3.30. This is causing problem to farmers and other villagers. They also harass us by asking us to come to bank many times, he says. He requests to take up the issue with authorities. Jaiswal Ji can be reached at 09893292407
