Gayatri Devi is walking on a foot march from 1st January demanding 5 acre of land and have reached Raisen district after covering districts of Rewa, Satna, Chhatarpur, Sagar and Damoh. Today 500 women went to local SDM to deliver a petition but after 4 hours SDM sent a peon to collect the letter. She says Govt should listen to the demand of poor otherwise they will go for hunger strike. For more Gayatri Ji can be reached at 07697027350

Gayatri Devi from Jaba block in Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh is talking to a cook of mid day meal Bitol Devi Mallah in Birauli village who tells her that the school teacher Amita Ji is not giving her salary from 7 months and is demanding bribe. She says this matter should be investigated and the wages for the cooks should not come to the bank account of teachers but it should directly go to the cooks. For more Gayatri Devi can be reached at 07389080537

Gayatri Devi is calling from Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh where she is part of a padyatra by Dalit Mahsabha demanding 5 acres of land to each dalit and adivasi. She is attending a meeting of woem self help group today who cooks mid day meal in schools who are in trouble. She says Govt should send the money direct to the bank account of cooks rather than the teacher which is happening now. For more Gayatri Ji can be reached at 07389080537

Subhash Gayali from Dhanbad in Jharkhand is telling us that locals in that area has been demanding for long that after coal mining is finished the abandoned open cast mines should be levelled so that farmers can restart their farming. That demand got louder today when 4 children drowned in collected water inside an open cast mine, where they had gone to play and lost their lives. People are very angry after the incident. For more Gayali Ji can be reached at 09334011874

Subhash Gayali is talking to us today from village Nagda in Dhanbad district. He is attending a meeting of Grameen Vikas Sangharsh Samiti where many villagers are taking part. The villagers say that they will continue their struggle against the mining comoany demanding that the company levels the closed coal mines and give the land back to farmers so that they can restart their farming. They have also decided to raise other local issues. For more Gayali Ji can be reached at 07654251397