Bhan Sahu is reporting from Atra village in Rajnandgaon where she speaks to a farmer Bir Singh Malekar who says we worked in NREGA in the month of May June last year and we have not been paid yet. We also did a hunger strike but the officials gave us a false promise. Thanks to non payment many from my village have migrated. Another batch is migrating this week. This is not only the story of my village. It is the story of whole panchayat and entire district. He also says it is said that the wage is Rs 100 but we get less after various deduction. For more on the story please contact Bhan Sahu 09406033089

As an example of bad situation of education in tribal villages Bhan Sahu gives details of a boys hostel where there is no electricity because there is no money for repair. The toilets are not working and water supply is also irregular. Children do not get their stipend regularly. She says this is not the story of this school or hostel only but this is the story of all the schools and hostel in tribal areas which needs to be changed

Bhan Sahu from Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh reports that she has heard about malaria deaths in Bilaspur district in CGnet Swara. Similar situation is prevalent in Rajanandgaon district and nearby border area of Maharashtra where some have died and many are sick. Poor first go to quacks and when they do not get cured then go to bigger hospitals and loose lots of money in the process. She says government should be running awareness campaign about malaria and correct medicine should be made available

Bhan Sahu talks to Omkar Thakur here whose son is a patient of Sickle cell anaemia. He says he has not got any help from the government so far and government should run awareness campaign about the disease and also help the patient families financially

Class 8 students from Peeparkhar in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh are singing a Chhattisgarhi song