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No pension for 5 months, Delhi's elderly construction workers stare at hunger, debts -Bharat Dogra

-TheWire.in

Caught in a quagmire of legislations, most construction workers of a particular colony have had no money to deal with illnesses and daily needs.

New Delhi: Mariam spent her younger days toiling as a construction worker. When she could no longer work as an elderly person, she got the benefit of a special pension meant for construction workers.

This pension of Rs 3,900 per month became the main source of her subsistence and ensured dignity.

Then about five months ago this pension stopped coming.

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