Surendra Hanspal in Durg, Chhattisgarh interviews Saba Anjum newly selected captain of Indian women’s hockey team. Saba Anjum is first Indian woman hockey captain from the state. She talks about her struggle to reach this stage in life. She says her mother had to sell utensils when she tried to get her passport. She requests Govt of Chhattisgarh to give her a job so that she can concentrate in coaching hockey players in the state. For more on Saba please contact Surendra at 09425202442

Subhash Gayali from Ranchi says Jharkhand Mines Area co-ordination committee condemns the arrest of social activists Ramesh Agrawal and Harihar Patel in Chhattisgarh. The statement says Ramesh Agrawal had exposed unconstitutional work of Jinadals that is why he has been sent to jail. They demand an investigation of the arrest and immediate release of both the activists.

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