Bolangir: These are indeed tough times and it has led to a B Tech engineer to work as a daily wager to eke out a living. Anant Beria was working in Chennai, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak lost his job. He was forced to return to his home in Bolangir district. District Collector Chanchal Rana was recently on a visit to Deogaon block. After learning the predicament of Beria he assured him of better job prospects.
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Notably, Beria caught the attention of Bolangir collector while digging a canal at Jurlakani village. As instructed by Rana, both Beria and his father Baishnab met him at the District Collectorate office Wednesday evening.
“I was engaged in road construction for a private firm. I was getting a salary of Rs 15,000. Following the imposition of a series of lockdown, I came back home. I am now digging a canal in my village under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). I have been forced to do this to meet the daily expenses of my family,” Beria said.
He added that his father also has been working as a daily wager under MGNREGS.
On being contacted the district collector said, “The B Tech engineer should be given a befitting position to work. I will sincerely try in my official as well as personal capacities to do the best for Beria.”
PNN