Sanjay Sharma of Lok Sahbhagi Manch says to study late payment, forged muster role, illegal use of machines and contractors in NREGA a public hearing has been organised on 5th March in Ambikapur, in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh. He invites everyone who wants to share their experience about NREGA. For more details on the public hearing you can contact him at 9425582050

Robert Xalxo from Jashpur in Chhattisgarh is telling us about Maghe festival whihc is commemorated to honor the new crop. He says in a big fair people from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orisssa assemble. Villagers invite the people who work on the filed and symbolically they worship upcoming twelve months

Chhattisgarh handicapped association is planning a dharna and rally demanding rights of handicapped people from all over the state on 25th January in Raipur. The dharna will start at 9 on Budha Talab and the rally to Mantralay will start at 1 pm.

CR Bakshi fram Raipur is reporting about a meeting today where release of Dr Binayak Sen and repeal of laws like Chhattisgarh Jan Suraksha Adhiniyam was demanded. Janaklal Thakur of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha presided in the meeting and CPI, CPM, CPI ML took part in the meeting. Apart from these political parties peoples organisations liek Nadi Ghati Morcha, Jagrook Nagrik Manch etc also took part in the meeting

Manju Thakur from Bilaspur is reporting about 3 more malaria deaths in villages nearby Bilaspur in last 2 days. She says it looks malaria deaths are not restricted to some areas of the district but it is the biggest problem in the district today. She says media has stopped reporting about it and are the authorities trying to suppress the news? Why people are dying due to an old disease like malaria and why the effect of malaria is so much this year, these things need to be investigated