Varanasi boatmen face financial hardships, say on the ‘brink of poverty’

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 30 issued new guidelines for phased re-opening of “all activities outside containment zones for the next one month beginning June 1”

Current Affairs : Boatmen on the bank of stream Ganga state they are confronting budgetary hardships even as relaxations are stretched out during open 1.

Addressing ANI, one of the boatmen Babu Sahni said that the circumstance is pushing them near the precarious edge of destitution. “We have followed all the lockdown rules. Everybody is getting consent to continue their work however we lack any request. The circumstance is pushing us near the very edge of destitution. We didn’t find support from Government,” he said.

“The administration is by all accounts discontent with us. They have not declared anything for our locale. We are by one way or another figuring out how to get by doing different occupations,” he included.

Family name Majhi, another boatman stated: “Our people group is languishing. We are associated with this business for long. We have no methods for gaining other than this. We are mentioning the legislature to focus on our issues and help us.”

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