About 100 families whose income depended on students who lived in hostels on the NIT Durgapur premises have been on the brink of penury since the students went home because of the pandemic.
Mostly contractual workers in the canteens, they would do jobs like cooking or helping in the kitchen. Their employers stopped payment the day their work stopped.
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The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, had asked students to vacate the hostels in March 2020 as a precaution against Covid.
The institute’s alumni raised Rs 5.75 lakh over the past two months and distributed it to 98 people last week.
Debajyoti Saha, who served food in the hall IX canteen and earn Rs 9,500 on an average before the pandemic, tried several odd jobs, but in vain.
ANI | Updated: Apr 18, 2021 10:32 IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], April 18 (ANI): TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh has alleged that miscreants backed by the BJP hurdled bombs in the Panihati area on Saturday night.
According to TMC workers, BJP miscreants hurdled bombs on BT Road in Panihati after the polling for the fifth phase ended on Saturday. The miscreants threw the bombs from running vehicles and fled immediately. BJP is trying to create unrest in the area. They (BJP) hurdled bombs to panic people. The BJP goons came from Bhatpara, Kamarhati and Titagarh. People cannot tolerate this kind of violence, TMC MLA from Panihati Assembly Nirmal Ghosh told ANI.
Bengal polls: Trinamool MLA alleges bombs hurled by BJP-backed goons in North 24 Parganas
According to TMC workers, BJP miscreants hurdled bombs on BT Road in Panihati after the polling for the fifth phase ended on Saturday.
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Trinamool Congress supporters take out a motorcycle rally during a campaign for the West Bengal Assembly polls, at Gargaria in Birbhum district. (Photo | PTI) By ANI
NORTH 24 PARGANAS: TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh has alleged that miscreants backed by the BJP hurdled bombs in the Panihati area on Saturday night.
According to TMC workers, BJP miscreants hurdled bombs on BT Road in Panihati after the polling for the fifth phase ended on Saturday. The miscreants threw the bombs from running vehicles and fled immediately.
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