Naim Ji from Dhanbad is visiting a village where he meets Kalyani Roy who is telling him that there is no electricity in their village from last 2 months and authorities just do not listen. She says they lost their land to coal mining but the company does not care for them neither does Jharkhand government. She says very few people have got BPL cards in her village and people are getting almost no help from any development schemes but the biggest problem at the moment in summer is electricity. For more Naim Ji can be reached at 09939181231

Surendar Oraon from Chhapra district says mining has started in his area from last 3 years which has made life hell for residents nearby. He says their farming has got affected and so has the air for breathing. In nearby villages all the houses tremble at the time of blasting and girl children are now frightened to go shcool. He says this is not good. For more Oraon ji can be reached at 08877038597

Jainendra Singh Porte from village Ghatberra in Udaypur block of Surguja district of Chhattisgarh says that we have stopped forest cutting work in the forest near our village which was going on without permission of Gram Sabha. They have cut more than 2000 trees in the forest. The people of the village have decided that they will not allow any taking over of land without the permission of the Gram Sabha. They request investigation on these tree cutting agency and punitive action against them. For more Porte ji can be reached at 09406191382

Chandra Pratap Singh from Semaria in Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh is giving details of NREGA work where people have not worked but they have been shonw as being paid in the muster roll. He gives three examples from 2010-11 with names, Job card number and Jon number with dates. He says they have complained to authorities including collector but no action has been taken so far. For more Mr Singh can be reached at 09407779115

My name is Manish Singh. I am a journalist. Today I went to Tadmetla, in Konta block of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. Everyone now knows about Tadmetla. Poeple in Tadmetla told me that their village secretary and concerned officers have taken out all the money earmarked for the village in the name of development projects but they have not got any help from last 7 years. There is no old age pension, no NREGA and it is the story of all the nearby villages. For more Manish Ji can be reached at 09479186671