Priyanka Borpujari from Mumbai says yesterday I heard a report on Swara by Savita Raj from Raigarh that children in her anganwadi does not have any food after govt has stopped the supplies. So today I called Women and child welfare secretary of Chhattisgarh government Mr Rao at 09425207525 who told me that I should call up Collector Raigarh as they have no system to find out about situations in villages of remote areas!

Dhiran from Kota block of Bilaspur says forest department is using money from NREGA for road construction but are not following the NREGA norms and wages payment are delayed. He gives example of one road construction work in forest area from 2009-10 where more than 60 workers are yet to get paid fully and in another work 40 workers have not been paid from 4 months. For details please contact Dhiran at 09407960520

kamlesh Painkra from Bijapur in Chhattisgarh is doing an interview with journalist Rajaram Tiwari who is talking about shortage of small currency notes and change in the region. Mr Tiwari says for lack of small notes people are forced to buy goods in bulk. Banks should release small denomination of notes and coins immediately to help the people

An activist of Tarun Sangh in Kota block of Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh says NREGA payments are delayed upto six months in the district and when they go to officials they question why they are asking these questions. And when they take the people who have worked on NREGA along they say it is government work and delay is inevitable. He says NREGA was started to help poorest of poor people in the country but at the moment it is not delivering well. Fore more please call 9407960520

Pramod Pattavi from Narayanpur is telling about famous Mavli fair of Bastar which will be organised from 23rd February till 28th February. Tribals attend this fair with their local Gods and Goddesses and many tourist attend the fair to be witness to fun, fare and cultural functions of the Bastar adivasi commmunities. For more details on the Mela please contact Pramod at 09406105325