Jobless man now hands paycheque to 70 like him in Odisha village

Thursday, 13 May 2021Newsdesk

Like so many other migrants, Ranjan Sahu, 40, was hit hard by the national lockdown which followed the Covid-19 pandemic unfolding in March last year.

New Delhi, 13 May 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, having lost his job, Sahu started his own garment manufacturing unit in his village Gunthi in Kendrapara district. He employed 70 other youths from his village and nearby villages who had either lost their jobs due to the pandemic, or were forced to return home.Almost a month after the lockdown in April last year, facing severe financial constraints, the garment unit in Kolkata he had been working for over seven years had shut down, rendering all its employees jobless

Source -The Indian Express