One’s luck and destiny can completely turn around in a matter of days or even hours. This is what happened to a man from Tamil Nadu whose misfortune took him down.
This man named Madasami was forced to live at a bus shelter after he sold off his home due to mounting debts which he incurred in marrying off his two daughters.
The 61-year-old man is now living in a bus shelter at Anaiyappapuram village in Alankulam taluk of Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu.
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The man spoke to IANS and shared his turmoil, “I don’t have any belongings except a few clothes, tiffin box, and some water bottles and I work as a farmhand during the day. Some days I don’t have work and I beg for my food and other expenses. Life is so bad and no one helps me.”
He even mentioned how he was a very popular folk singer in his village and was a popular choice at marriages and functions that happened in and around his village.
Madasami said, “I never expected that life will take such a turn for me. I was living happily and was popular in my village. After my wife’s death, I became weak physically, mentally and my debts mounted and I had no option but to sell off my home to settle the debts.”
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The man also said that since he doesn’t have a valid residential address and a bank account, he is not able to go for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). He did add that he has his basic identity proof documents like an Aadhar card, ration card, and voter ID card.
According to the government scheme, without a valid home address, he cannot open a bank account as MGNREGS payment is through a bank account and he is not getting an old-age pension.
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The Tenkasi district authorities were, however, contacted and they are ascertaining the details of Madasami and will find a solution to his problem in getting work under MGNREGS and old age pension.
Madasami is a simple man whose wife passed away five years ago and his daughters are living in different towns of the state after getting married. However, the man has shared that non of his daughters have come forward to extend a hand of help to their old man.
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