A song about Organic farming from an adivasi village in MP
Saroj Paraste travels to an adivasi village in Madhya Pradesh where she listens to a song on how to use cow urine and cow dung to improve agrcultural productivity
Posted on: Jun 12, 2011. Tags: Saroj Paraste
Water is the biggest problem, say villagers in MP
Saroj Paraste from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh says under Right to life program villages are organizing group eating functions and trying to solve some of their problem in their own. Many village problems have come out in these meetings but all the villages have earmarked the problem of water as the biggest problem. Villagers are now getting together to form a blocl level organisation to solve the problem of water. For more Saroj Ji can be reached at 09407822445
Posted on: Jun 11, 2011. Tags: SAROJ PARASTE WATER
Allegation of corruption in ASHA health workers program
Saroj Paraste from Kundam block of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh alleges that people had to pay money to get appointments of ASHA community health workers. She also alleges that ASHA sisters are forced to pay half the amount for delivery and other health related work to officials. She says sisters are not able to complain in fear of loosing their work. She demands an early investigation. Saroj Ji can be reached at 09407822445
Posted on: Apr 11, 2011. Tags: Saroj Paraste
गांव का हाल: महिलाओं की ज़ुबानी
Saroj Paraste is a participant in a village meeting going on in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Women from 20 villages of Mandla, Jabalpur and Katni are taking part in the meeting. Using her mobile phone she tries to find out the situation of education, health and NREGA in their villages. The women tells her there is school but teacher does not turn up, hospital is 25 kms away and they have not been paid NREGA wages from more than 6 months. They also sing a song at the end
Posted on: Dec 09, 2010. Tags: Saroj Paraste
RTI reveals fraud in NREGA but no action even from CM
Parasram Bhoi from Teka village in Pithora block of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh says he got the muster role of NREGA work in his village through RTI which showed names of many fictitious people who have not done work and does not live in the area. He has complained about it to concerned authorities and have also visited chief Minister’s Jan Darshan ( meet the people)program to complain about it. But nothing has moved in more than 6 months. For more please call 9424215854/9893796309
