After recent floods in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, administration has establised emergency flood relief center. The numbers for this center are 07853 220180/220023. Deputy collector R A Kulwanshi is in charge Nodal officer of this center. His mobile number is 94242 82735

Shankar Lal ji from Lalitpur in Bundelkhand area of Uttar Pradesh is narrating the situation of villages in the monsoon months. He says in these villages nearby 60 years after independence there are no roads and people can not take their sick to hospital. The ponds are filled with dirty monsoon water and people are forced to drink it. For these reasons many children do not go to school and work with their parents in cities. The villages are suffering though govt is spending money like water in many developmental schemes. For more Shankar Ji can be reached at 09838358532

Shankarlal Raikwar from Lalitpur district in Uttar Pradesh says NREGA was created to help the poor but in many cases that is not happening. He mentions a case where Sarpanch and secretary of a village has withdrawn the wages of 2 families and when they tried to complain they were threatenend that their houses will be burnt. Today 2 families have come to complain to collector but past experience of similar complaints tell us that administration has not done anything even when the complaints were found true. For more please contact Shankar Ji at 09838358532

A citizen journalist from Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh is talking to a mobile phone user who is telling about the bad situation of mobile services in the district. He says BSNL is down from last 3 days and it takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete one call in Idea because the call gets dropped every now and then. He says Bijapur is a district headquarter but the mobile connectivity is appalling here and it is going from bad to worse

Jaypushp from Gorakhpur is reporting about a major victory of ongoing workers movement there when in a meeting in presence of collector the mill owners agreed to reinstate 12 of 18 suspended workers. The decision about rest of the workers will be taken after an enquiry. As you know a mill owner had fired at protesting workers on May 3rd and instead of arresting the offenders the administration had arrested the workers. The workers will continue their agitation demanding more action. For details please contact Jaypushp at 09899093967