Janardan Mahto from Dhanbad district of Jharkhand says the monsoon has arrived and has given relief from heat and also the farmers have started work on their farm. But now the unorganised laborers have no work because NREGA work has also stopped from 15th June. He says though we have a right to food law in our country but not many are thinking about the unorganised laborers who are suffering. For more Mahto ji can be reached at 09955490364

Prakash Gupta is visiting Baikona village in Pratappur block of Surajur district in Chhattisgarh where a Gram Sabha is in progress where he meets many people who tell him one by one that they have not got their wages in NREGA from more than a year. Some have got some money and some got no money. They have visited officials who make them go rounds and some threaten them while also giving many excuses. He says apart from non payment lots of money have been taken away in fraudulent way by filling in false musterrolls which must be investigated. For more Prakash can be reached at 07697852665

Prakash Gupta is talking to Sarpanch of Kanaknagar in Surajpur district of Chhattisarh who tells him that when he had met him on 18th May he had recorded an interview saying NREGA payments of Rs 7 lakhs are due in his village from more than 5 months. He is telling him today that after the interview went on air on 19th May higher officials got active and an inspection team visited the village after a week and the payments were made the next day. He thanks all the officials and Swara on behalf of the laborers who were helped. For more Prakash can be reached at 07697852665

After starting on 2nd October in Kanyakumari Jan Satyagraha samvad Yatra of Ekta Parishad has reached Chambal area in Madhya Pradesh after covering half of the country. Bhan Sahu ji taveling with the yatra is talking to Rajkumari Chouhan an activist who tells her that the forest department is harassing the adivasis in the area and they are not getting any work in NREGA. She alleges that in NREGA fraudulent entries are made and no payment is made to adivasis who are living a miserable life. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09406033089

My name is Mukesh Kanwar, I am from Saraipali block of Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh. The bank officials took away passbooks of my parents on pretext of changing the number last year. When I requested my parents to get that back we found that some money has been withdrawn from the account though we never went to bank in all these days. After filing a RTI now I have found that false attendance have been made in the name of my parents in NREGA and money has been withdrawn. I request the authorities to look into the case. For more Mukesh ji can be reached at 09691342737