No respite for Salyan labourers even during prohibitory orders

Many daily wage earners in the district are compelled to work in the field every day to make ends meet, putting themselves at risk of contracting the coronavirus.

Forty-five-year-old Bhimkali Roka from Jayatpani in Bangad Kupinde Municipality Ward No. 9 was not following any health safety protocols while crushing pebbles on a road side on Saturday. She neither had a face mask on nor was she maintaining distance from other workers at the site.