Khuturam Sunani is talking to a villager in Bolangir district of Odisha who says the school in his village was inaugurated by MLA in 2006 but because it is on forest land so the forest department is not allowing a school building to be built and children are forced to study under a tree. People have also not got the community land rights under Forest Rights Act which can inable them to make a school building. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625

Khuturam Sunani is interviewing a labor in Bolangir district of Odisha who says they worked under NREGA more than a year back but they have not got the wages. He says the law says the NREGA payment will be done in 7-15 days and all the laborers are in dire need of money. Many have taken advance from brokers and are in the process to migrate to work outside. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625

Kedar Sunani from Ghantiguda Gram Panchayat says no one has got Above Poverty Line ration cards in the entire Panchayat. He says though his panchayat is a poor panchayat and they have complained to all the officers but no one has got the ration cards and the next panchayat elections are nearby. He says all the panchayats in the area have got ration cards so why single out this panchayat. For more Mr Kedar can be reachd at 08018280972

Khuturam Sunani is reporting live from a Dalit rally in Nuapada district of Odisha during the Nuakhai festival. More than 5000 dalits are participating in the procession with their musical instruments. He says though it is a cultural rally to show their tradition but it is also a rally to assert their rights. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625

Khuturam Sunani from Nuapada district in Odisha is telling us about a school in a village called Shraddhapur where there are 142 students but only one para teacher. The villagers have been complaining to the authorities from last 6 months but nothing has moved. Now the villagers have put a lock on the school and are in the process of starting a school with the help of village volunteers. For more Khuturam ji can be reached at 09437657625