A citizen journalist from Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh is talking to a mobile phone user who is telling about the bad situation of mobile services in the district. He says BSNL is down from last 3 days and it takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete one call in Idea because the call gets dropped every now and then. He says Bijapur is a district headquarter but the mobile connectivity is appalling here and it is going from bad to worse

A Citizen Journalist in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh is interviewing a common citizen about problem of water in Bijapur town. The interviewee says in Gondi language that there is very small of water is supplied as the water level has gone down. They need to go far to fetch water which takes away lots of time

Sanjay Sharma says Rural development secretary of Chhattisgarh has passed an order for timely disbursement of MGNREGA wages. The new order says all the workers must be paid after every 6 days. Districts will monitor it every two weeks and will send monthly progress report to capital. After this order some long pending wage distribution at village level has started. He says but we should continue monitoring and reporting ground realities on Swara for effective implementation of this order. For more Sanjay can be reached on 09754332440

Sanjay Sharma says Rural development department of Chhattisgarh government has started a campaign to identify people who have not requested for work under MGNREGA to remove their names from list within a month. He says as per current practice no one applies for work in Chhattisgarh, Gram Panchayats arrange for work, so how is the state going to find out who is not applying? He suggests instead why don’t state starts a campaign to pay due wages first? Sanjay ji can be reached on 09754332440

Laxmi Chouhan from Korba says there is a public hearing for acquiring land for coal mines for power plant of Dainik Bhaskar group on 28th February. He says the area is under 5th schedule and Gram Sabhas have passed resolution saying they do not want to give land. But he suspects that administration will use section 17 of Land Acquisition Act to bypass this objection. He says section17 is for emergency situations and could not be used to acquire land for a private company. He requests people to be vigilent to fight this possible misuse of law. For more please contact Mr Chouhan at 09893189955