Betel Shop

Betel Shop

Rajni at her Betel Shop
Rajani Nayak

Rajani Nayak is currently running a Pan shop. SKA Odisha team identified her husband, Dukha Ram. He was a septic tank cleaner. The team made him understand that manual scavenging is inhuman and every person has the right to live with dignity. He understood and said he would do anything but not manual scavenging. Later he worked as a sweeper in the municipality. He died a few years ago. So SKA Odisha team included Rajani in a Self-Help Group Divya Jyoti. The SHG provided her Rs. 2,000 as loan to start a petty trade for self-employment. So she set up a Pan shop in her basti.

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