Daily wage earners on the brink of starvation Deprived of ration cards and income, workers depend on social organisations to feed their family
A large number of people, including construction workers, street vendors, rickshaw pullers, road side restaurant staff who are deprived of ration cards are facing the double blow of loss of income due to lockdown and lack of PDS foodgrains.
Many of these families like that of Raju Sao of Koiri Bandh locality and Shankar Sao of Jharia Sabji Bagan are on the verge of starvation.
Talking to The Telegraph Online on Thursday, Raju Sao said, “Our family income of five, including three sons, was dependent on chaat stalls put up at fairs or exhibitions but with no permission of fairs since March 20 last year we are penniless and somehow living on food grains provided by some social worker or other people including neighbours.”
Power cuts disrupt water supply to over 5 lakh coal town residents DVC engineer claims no solution to problem in Dhanbad and neighbourhood in near future
Irregular power supply has affected the water supply from the Jamadoba based plant of Jharkhand Mineral Area Development Authority and Bhelatand based water treatment plant of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation.
Water supply remained suspended for three days in different localities of Jharia including Sabzi Mandi, Hetli Bandh, Poddar Para, Koiri Bandh, Fatehpur lane, Jharia Main road, Ghanudih, affecting more than five lakh residents.
In Dhanbad’s Putki area, water supply from the treatment plant of JMADA at Jamadoba was affected in the first week of April.