Bhan Sahu from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh says it is 5 years since Mohla dam was built but evicted people are still running from pillar to post for their compensation. In November when they did a dharna officials have given them an assurance that all payments will be done before new year and dharna was withdrawn. But the officials have paid only a few influential people by now and rest adivasis are still struggling to get money for their own land. Bhan Ji at 09406033089

Bhan Sahu is speaking to Kishan Kumar from Ludhiana who says a form of manual scavenging is being used by Ludhiana municipality which uses people from Valmiki community to clean the sevages manually. 2 people have died in the process recently. This practice need to be challenged when manual scavenging is banned by the law

Bhan Sahu from Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh is reporting that farmers are getting different rates of insurance for their crop in the same district and they are very confused. They are also not sure if the government will give any bonus this year for the paddy it has procured. There are no clear answers available to these questions from the government officials which is making the farmers worried

Bhan Sahu is reporting from a village in Rajnandgaon where work for a power plant is going on. The company has taken 300 acre of land but they now also want to take over a 20 acre common land of the village. Villagers use that land to make stone chips. Many families run their livelihood on that income. Company and state government is regularly harassing villagers and at the construction work also only few villagers have got any job

Bhan Sahu from Rajnandgaon says government officials claim that they have paid the wages for NREGA work which took place last year in May and June. But the villagers say they were paid half the wages in September and October. When asked the officers gives details about the amount spent on buying material for these work but they do not give details about how much wages were paid. People are migrating out in search of work. In some villages like Atra 40% people have gone out. Governmnet has now sanctioned NREGA works for the new year but payment for last year is yet to be made