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News Desk: The Trinamool led West Bengal Government gave their helping hand to the helpless and poor sex workers by providing them jobs in the self help group projects under the Panchayat office. They’re not able to get customers due to the lockdown and it’s becoming really hard for them to run their family.
Soumyajit Das, an official of the state panchayat office, said, “There are about 35 lakh sex workers in Bengal. Most of them have no income since the lockdown. This time their earnings will be arranged. They will make pickles, jams, jellies, papads etc. They will earn by selling them. The government will buy the things they make. It will be sold from various government stores. Initially this work will start from Konnagar, Shasan, Kalna and Hingalganj. Then gradually work will be done in different red light areas”.
Mahasweta Mukherjee of Durbar Mahila Samonvay Samiti said “We will carry out this work in association with the Panchayat office. We also had a meeting about this. After Pujo, the work will move forward at a faster pace. Corona has reduced the income of sex workers from their profession to zero. So this was done with alternative thinking”
