New Delhi: Kalawati Bandurkar, the widow of a farmer of Vidharbha region brought to limelight by Congress leader Rahul Gandhis visit to her shanty, on Monday received Rs 30 lakh from Sulabh International, sanitation NGO.
The amount has been kept in fixed deposit in her name in the Maragaon branch of the Central Bank of India, against which she will get a monthly interest of Rs 25,000 to meet education expenses of her four children and help them lead a comfortable life, Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak said.
Similarly, Rs 20 lakhs has been given to Sashikala, another woman in Yavatmal district of Vidharbha region whose name was also taken by Gandhi during a debate in the Lok Sabha in 2008 to highlight the plight of farmers groaning under the burden of loans, he said. She will get a monthly interest of Rs 15,000.
The Sulabh International adopted Kalawati and her family after she threatened to commit suicide about two years ago, unable to make both ends meet and with seven daughters and two sons she was on the verge of starvation.
The amount has been kept in fixed deposit in her name in the Maragaon branch of the Central Bank of India, against which she will get a monthly interest of Rs 25,000 to meet education expenses of her four children and help them lead a comfortable life, Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak said.
Similarly, Rs 20 lakhs has been given to Sashikala, another woman in Yavatmal district of Vidharbha region whose name was also taken by Gandhi during a debate in the Lok Sabha in 2008 to highlight the plight of farmers groaning under the burden of loans, he said. She will get a monthly interest of Rs 15,000.
The Sulabh International adopted Kalawati and her family after she threatened to commit suicide about two years ago, unable to make both ends meet and with seven daughters and two sons she was on the verge of starvation.
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