Naresh Bunkar is calling from Lamni village of Lormi block, Mungeli district in Chhattisgarh and says in this Baiga Adivasi village 7 out of 30 hand pumps were broken for a long time and they were suffering. They recorded their message on Swara in September. 2 weeks after that all the 7 hand pumps were repaired by the Public Health and Engineering department.They are thanking Swara listeners for calling officers to put pressure and officers for repairing the handpumps. Naresh Bunkar@9630770722

Naresh Bunkar visited Rajak village of 110 Baiga adivasi families Digha Panchayat Lormi Block Mungeli district Chhattisgarh and says out of 6 handpumps in the village 2 are broken from 4 months. The village is on a mountain in Achanakmar tiger reserve buffer area where residents are forced to drink dirty nullah water. Their repeated complaints to Public Health and Engineering department are yet to get a response. Please call sub engineer AK Kanhaiyya@8878832200 to help. Naresh@9630770722

Kailash Singh Poya is calling from Devri village of Surajpur district in Chhattisgarh and is talking about the water problem of their village. He says the hand pump near the village school is broken and children are suffering. One more handpump in Mahuaripara( Uparpara) throws dirty red water which is not drinkable. They have requested officers many times but they don’t listen. Pls call collector@7775266117 to help suffering villagers. Kailash Singh Poya@9575922217

Suraj Jamra is calling from Bardali village of Sondwa block in Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh and talking to villagers who say that they had reported on Swara requesting a platform at a handpump next to their school. As there was no platform dirty water was soaking inside the handpump. Following the report officers have responded and a platform is built now. They are happy and thank Swara listeners for calling officers and officers for responding. Suraj Jamra@9424521228

JM Rangeela is calling from Majharitand Mohalla, Under Udda village of Siyari Panchayat, Gomiya block, Bokaro district in Jharkhand and talking to adivasi villagers who say 45 Santhal Adivasi families live here but don’t have any drinking water facility and road till today. They are fetching dirty water from stream and are falling ill. They have requested officials many times but no response. Pls call Deputy Commissioner@9431160001, Drinking water Minister Jyotibhai Patel@9661287211. Rangeela@8002242808