Patna: Covid pandemic has changed the lives of many people, especially the poor, upside down in the city.
Unexpected misery of these people refused to end even though the government had come up with several steps for their well-being.
For example, the 40-year-old Sanju Devi has no choice but to shift to a small rental room (the size is almost 4×4 feet) with Tin Shed in the Gali Ashram along the Rajiv Nagar sewer.
Every time it rains, water leaks from the ceiling, is very uncomfortable.
Her husband Sanju Choudhary’s couple had left him in 1994.
The woman, who was partially blind, raised her own daughter and somehow managed to marry her around Rs 40,000 in 2016.
Sanju said after her first husband left him, he had married to one Kariman Choudhary of Ara In 1996.
However, Choudhary died of electrocution a year after marrying Sanju.
“He’s a good man.
If he lives, my life will be easy.
I still use Vermilion and make makeup because I have to visit the house to do everyday work.
People don’t want to see widows in the morning,” Sanju said.
Born in Patna, he was raised by his mother Sugiya Devi in the lodge with Jalan Ashiana-Dighha.
According to Sanju, he was almost not six years old when his brother, Ramesh Kumar, died at the age of 20 after developing abdominal pain and sudden headaches.
“My father, Laxmi Choudhary, left us three months after death and Mrs.
Ramesh died in 2000,” he said.
Sanju, who was besieged now wanted to meet Cm Nith Kumar because he believed that he could only end his misery and help him get a house under the government scheme.
Sanju used to work as a waiter in four houses and produced around Rs 5,000 per month before the pandemic.
He now works in one house and produces only Rs 1,200 per month.
“I have to pay a monthly rent of Rs 2,000.
Landlord has said he will soon increase the number of rent to Rs 2,400.
How can I pay a big amount when I get only Rs 1,200 per month?” Sanju asked.
Sanju has lived in rented accommodation in G Colony for 15 years.
After the form of a covid-induced lock in March last year, his income was reduced and he emptied the house in February this year.
“The only relief is that my former landlord saved me from paying a rent for one year,” he said.
He also thanked the council member number 5 number 5, Deepa Rani Khan, who had helped him get a ration card last year.
“I can already collect a backpack just three times.
The Dealer PDS refused to give a ration if I failed to reach his store on time,” he said.