Bhan Sahu meets Shankar Ji who works in Gayatri temple in Bijapur Chhattisgarh and moves around in the district to meet people and build relations with them. He tells her that connectivity is a big problem in Bijapur villages. There are no roads. Only women come to markets because police calls the men Maoists. Teachers are not going to schools and residential schools are not full. Children should be educated and roads should be built then only this area can develop he says. Bhan@9406033089

Dilip Jaiswal is visiting Kharagavan village in Surajpur district in Chhattisgarh and is talking to farmers who say rain is less than 1/4th of the normal and they are not able to work on the farms. It is raining everywhere else in the country but the situation is bad in Surguja area in North Chhattisgarh. Another farmer says I have taken so much loan to buy seed and fertiliser. Not sure how will I pay them back. It looks dying is a better option. Dilip Jaiswal@9826781402 says Govt should look into the matter.

Devindra Singh Lodhi is visiting Chhataini village in Post Naubasta in tehsil Ajaygarh in Panna district in Madhya Pradesh. When he visited here last he had reported about people not having ration cards to get grain at subsidised rate under Public Distribution System. This time he founds that 25 people have got ration cards and they are happy and wants to thank. He also wants to thank district officials who took notice of the report and helped hapless people who were suffering for very long. Lodhi@9754649943

Surendra Kol is calling from village Panti post Panti in Hanumana block of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh where he is talking to adivasi village women who tell her that they are living there on govt land from 1984 but influential landlords of the area are forcing them to leave the land and are often attacking them. Police is not helping them. You are requested to call Collector@9425903973, SDOP@9685930093 and Thana in charge@9981766904 to help these hapless families. Kol@9575310423

Today Ramashankar Prajapati is helping us listen to reports and songs from Rewa area in Madhya Pradesh in this latest edition of Bluetooth radio program in Baghelkhandi language. Villagers use their mobile phones to record these songs and reports. They call 08050068000 to record. Now this program can be downloaded by people from their Gram Panchayat office if it has Broadband or from a download centre nearby. They can also get it from someone with smartphone and internet and then via bluetooth.