diff --git a/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocols/sampling/behaviour.rs b/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocols/sampling/behaviour.rs
index 72d0568d..d8f813d3 100644
--- a/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocols/sampling/behaviour.rs
+++ b/nomos-da/network/core/src/protocols/sampling/behaviour.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use futures::future::BoxFuture;
 use futures::stream::{BoxStream, FuturesUnordered};
 use futures::{AsyncWriteExt, FutureExt, StreamExt};
 use kzgrs_backend::common::blob::DaBlob;
+use kzgrs_backend::common::ColumnIndex;
 use libp2p::core::Endpoint;
 use libp2p::swarm::dial_opts::DialOpts;
 use libp2p::swarm::{
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ impl Clone for SamplingError {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct BehaviourSampleReq {
     pub blob_id: BlobId,
+    pub column_idx: ColumnIndex,
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<SampleReq> for BehaviourSampleReq {
@@ -165,7 +167,12 @@ impl TryFrom<SampleReq> for BehaviourSampleReq {
 
     fn try_from(req: SampleReq) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         let blob_id: BlobId = req.blob_id.try_into()?;
-        Ok(Self { blob_id })
+        let column_idx = req.column_idx as u16; // TODO: This doesn't handle the overflow.
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            blob_id,
+            column_idx,
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -386,6 +393,7 @@ where
         if let Some((subnetwork_id, blob_id)) = Self::next_request(&peer, to_sample) {
             let sample_request = SampleReq {
                 blob_id: blob_id.to_vec(),
+                column_idx: subnetwork_id,
             };
             outgoing_tasks
                 .push(Self::stream_sample(stream, sample_request, subnetwork_id, blob_id).boxed());
@@ -510,6 +518,7 @@ impl<Membership: MembershipHandler<Id = PeerId, NetworkId = SubnetworkId> + 'sta
             let control = control.clone();
             let sample_request = SampleReq {
                 blob_id: blob_id.to_vec(),
+                column_idx: subnetwork_id,
             };
             let with_dial_task: OutgoingStreamHandlerFuture = async move {
                 let stream = Self::open_stream(peer, control).await?;
diff --git a/nomos-da/network/messages/proto/sampling.proto b/nomos-da/network/messages/proto/sampling.proto
index d077926c..23b38f74 100644
--- a/nomos-da/network/messages/proto/sampling.proto
+++ b/nomos-da/network/messages/proto/sampling.proto
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ message SampleErr {
 
 message SampleReq {
     bytes blob_id = 1;
+    uint32 column_idx = 2;
 }
 
 message SampleRes {
diff --git a/nomos-da/storage/src/fs/mod.rs b/nomos-da/storage/src/fs/mod.rs
index 6fd71bcc..923eaf0a 100644
--- a/nomos-da/storage/src/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/nomos-da/storage/src/fs/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use tokio::{
 
 // TODO: Rocksdb has a feature called BlobDB that handles largo blob storing, but further
 // investigation needs to be done to see if rust wrapper supports it.
-pub async fn load_blob(base_dir: PathBuf, blob_id: &[u8]) -> Vec<Bytes> {
+pub async fn load_blobs(base_dir: PathBuf, blob_id: &[u8]) -> Vec<Bytes> {
     let blob_id = hex::encode(blob_id);
 
     let mut path = base_dir;
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ pub async fn load_blob(base_dir: PathBuf, blob_id: &[u8]) -> Vec<Bytes> {
     blobs
 }
 
+pub async fn load_blob(
+    base_dir: PathBuf,
+    blob_id: &[u8],
+    column_idx: &[u8],
+) -> Result<Bytes, std::io::Error> {
+    let blob_id = hex::encode(blob_id);
+    let column_file = hex::encode(column_idx);
+
+    let mut path = base_dir;
+    path.push(blob_id);
+    path.push(column_file);
+
+    let mut file = tokio::fs::File::open(path).await?;
+
+    let mut data = Vec::new();
+    file.read_to_end(&mut data).await?;
+
+    Ok(Bytes::from(data))
+}
+
 pub async fn write_blob(
     base_dir: PathBuf,
     blob_id: &[u8],
diff --git a/nomos-services/data-availability/indexer/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs b/nomos-services/data-availability/indexer/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs
index 3c40273e..479b0b65 100644
--- a/nomos-services/data-availability/indexer/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/data-availability/indexer/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use nomos_core::da::blob::{
     metadata::{Metadata, Next},
 };
 use nomos_core::da::BlobId;
-use nomos_da_storage::fs::load_blob;
+use nomos_da_storage::fs::load_blobs;
 use nomos_da_storage::rocksdb::{key_bytes, DA_VERIFIED_KEY_PREFIX, DA_VID_KEY_PREFIX};
 use nomos_storage::{
     backends::{rocksdb::RocksBackend, StorageSerde},
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ where
 
             futures.push(async move {
                 match reply_rx.await {
-                    Ok(Some(id)) => (idx, load_blob(settings.blob_storage_directory, &id).await),
+                    Ok(Some(id)) => (idx, load_blobs(settings.blob_storage_directory, &id).await),
                     Ok(None) => (idx, Vec::new()),
                     Err(_) => {
                         tracing::error!("Failed to receive storage response");
diff --git a/nomos-services/data-availability/network/src/backends/libp2p/validator.rs b/nomos-services/data-availability/network/src/backends/libp2p/validator.rs
index f60ad009..03f3f39e 100644
--- a/nomos-services/data-availability/network/src/backends/libp2p/validator.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/data-availability/network/src/backends/libp2p/validator.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::backends::NetworkBackend;
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use kzgrs_backend::common::blob::DaBlob;
+use kzgrs_backend::common::ColumnIndex;
 use libp2p::identity::ed25519;
 use libp2p::{Multiaddr, PeerId};
 use log::error;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ pub enum SamplingEvent {
     /// Incoming sampling request
     SamplingRequest {
         blob_id: BlobId,
+        column_idx: ColumnIndex,
         response_sender: mpsc::Sender<Option<DaBlob>>,
     },
     /// A failed sampling error
@@ -222,11 +224,11 @@ async fn handle_validator_events_stream(
                         }
                     }
                     sampling::behaviour::SamplingEvent::IncomingSample{request_receiver, response_sender} => {
-                        if let Ok(BehaviourSampleReq { blob_id }) = request_receiver.await {
+                        if let Ok(BehaviourSampleReq { blob_id, column_idx }) = request_receiver.await {
                             let (sampling_response_sender, mut sampling_response_receiver) = mpsc::channel(1);
 
                             if let Err(e) = sampling_broadcast_sender
-                                .send(SamplingEvent::SamplingRequest { blob_id, response_sender: sampling_response_sender })
+                                .send(SamplingEvent::SamplingRequest { blob_id, column_idx, response_sender: sampling_response_sender })
                             {
                                 error!("Error in internal broadcast of sampling request: {e:?}");
                                 sampling_response_receiver.close()
diff --git a/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/lib.rs b/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/lib.rs
index 18e880fd..1041230a 100644
--- a/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/lib.rs
@@ -142,20 +142,23 @@ where
             }
             SamplingEvent::SamplingRequest {
                 blob_id,
+                column_idx,
                 response_sender,
-            } => match storage_adapter.get_blob(blob_id).await {
-                Ok(maybe_blob) => {
-                    if response_sender.send(maybe_blob).await.is_err() {
-                        error!("Error sending sampling response");
-                    }
+            } => {
+                let maybe_blob = storage_adapter
+                    .get_blob(blob_id, column_idx)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|error| {
+                        error!("Failed to get blob from storage adapter: {error}");
+                        None::<Backend::Blob>
+                    })
+                    .ok()
+                    .flatten();
+
+                if response_sender.send(maybe_blob).await.is_err() {
+                    error!("Error sending sampling response");
                 }
-                Err(error) => {
-                    error!("Failed to get blob from storage adapter: {error}");
-                    if response_sender.send(None).await.is_err() {
-                        error!("Error sending sampling response");
-                    }
-                }
-            },
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs b/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs
index 303754f6..8e0100e3 100644
--- a/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/adapters/rocksdb.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+use kzgrs_backend::common::ColumnIndex;
 // std
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{marker::PhantomData, path::PathBuf};
 // crates
 use nomos_core::da::blob::Blob;
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ where
 impl<B, S> DaStorageAdapter for RocksAdapter<B, S>
 where
     S: StorageSerde + Send + Sync + 'static,
-    B: Blob + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
-    B::BlobId: Send,
+    B: Blob + DeserializeOwned + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    B::BlobId: AsRef<[u8]> + Send,
 {
     type Backend = RocksBackend<S>;
     type Blob = B;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ where
     async fn get_blob(
         &self,
         _blob_id: <Self::Blob as Blob>::BlobId,
+        _column_idx: ColumnIndex,
     ) -> Result<Option<Self::Blob>, DynError> {
         todo!()
     }
diff --git a/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/mod.rs b/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/mod.rs
index c0433f3f..69c1e318 100644
--- a/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/data-availability/sampling/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod adapters;
 
+use kzgrs_backend::common::ColumnIndex;
 use nomos_core::da::blob::Blob;
 use nomos_storage::{backends::StorageBackend, StorageService};
 use overwatch_rs::{
@@ -21,5 +22,6 @@ pub trait DaStorageAdapter {
     async fn get_blob(
         &self,
         blob_id: <Self::Blob as Blob>::BlobId,
+        column_idx: ColumnIndex,
     ) -> Result<Option<Self::Blob>, DynError>;
 }