Rakesh Rai from Surguja district in Chhattisgarh is visiting Mahadevpara village of Singitana Gram Panchayat of Lakhanpur block where he meets laborers who tell him that they worked under NREGA 3 years ago but are still waiting for most of their wages. They have complained to the officials in the district including collector and Lokpal. They have also applied for compensation but there is no response. For more Rakesh Ji can be reached at 09826515792

Rakesh Rai from Surguja in Chhattisgarh is visiting a village in Lundra area today. He says the new session has just started and it is being told that government is trying hard to send children to school under Right to education. He talks to a villager who tells him that the school building work in their village is uncomplete from last 5 years and school is not functioning for that reason. They have raised the issue also in Gram Suraj abhiyan but there is no action. For more Rakesh ji can be reached at 09826515792

Rakesh Rai from a village in Surguja district is interviewing a laborer in a bad mobile signal situation. The laborer says he has worked for 100 days in NREGA with his wife but they have got paid for 27 days after 7 months. The laborer says the officers keep telling me that the money has been deposited in bank and we will get the money soon but that soon never happens. Rakesh says this is very sad that the laborer is thinking of going Ambikapur to beg and we must do something to change the situatio. For more please contact Rakesh at 09826515792

Rakesh Rai is reporting from Pampapur village of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh. He is with a farmer Pitbasu who should be a show case person for the NREGA program because Pitbasu has completed 100 days of work in NREGA. But the story of Pitbasu is a cruel one. He has not been paid for even a single day’s work so far. The officials have promised that he may get paid for work of a week or so soon! For more on the story please contact Rakesh Rai at 09826515792

Rakesh Rai from Lundra in Surguja Chhattisgarh is talking to tribal farmers who say they have not been paid their NREGA wages from more than a year. The farmer says if this continues then who will work for NREGA and it is better to work for anyone even at a quarter of the rate. The farmer feels that sarpanch and sachiv must have eaten away their wages. For more details on the case please contact Rakesh Rai at 09426515792