Kuldeep Kumar belongs to the Scheduled Caste and lives in a dingy cowshed at Gummer village in Jwalamukhi tehsil, Kangra district. His only income is through selling milk.
It might come as an astonishment, yet a helpless family in the BJP-managed Himachal Pradesh needed to sell their dairy animals, a significant wellspring of salary, for just Rs 6,000 to purchase a cell phone so their two kids could remain associated with online investigations in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Considering the way that the dairy animals is viewed as heavenly and regularly alluded to as a mother in the provincial arrangement, the penance can't be depicted as little using any and all means.
The man — Kuldeep Kumar — having a place with the Scheduled Caste lives in a dirty cowshed at Gummer town in Jwalamukhi tehsil, Kangra area.
His little girl Anu and child Vansh are concentrating in Class IV and Class II, individually, in an administration school intended to serve the monetarily more fragile segment understudies, who are qualified with the expectation of complimentary instruction.
As the schools over the state began online classes in the wake of the pandemic, his kids don't have a cell phone or web association with stay aware of web based learning.
"I bought a cell phone for the kids to proceed with the investigation," Kumar, from whom the Right to Education Act holds no pertinence, told IANS.
"I was feeling awful that I was unable to manage the cost of a gadget for my youngsters with the goal that they could go to online classes.
"So I chose to sell one of my dairy animals for Rs 6,000," an enthusiastic Kumar said.
He procures his work by selling milk and his better half is a day by day worker.
Prior to leaving behind the dairy animals, Kumar and his family thumped on banks and private moneylenders to get a credit to purchase a cell phone.
"With the change from study hall instructing to online training, educators are squeezing us that on the off chance that you need to seek after training for your youngsters, you need to purchase a gadget. Without any methods for getting a cell phone with our pitiful methods, we at last chose to sell a dairy animals," he said.
Presently, he has the solitary dairy animals to help his family.
His battle currently is that the cell phone can't at the same time bolster the instruction of two youngsters.
Considering the way that the dairy animals is viewed as heavenly and regularly alluded to as a mother in the provincial arrangement, the penance can't be depicted as little using any and all means.
The man — Kuldeep Kumar — having a place with the Scheduled Caste lives in a dirty cowshed at Gummer town in Jwalamukhi tehsil, Kangra area.
His little girl Anu and child Vansh are concentrating in Class IV and Class II, individually, in an administration school intended to serve the monetarily more fragile segment understudies, who are qualified with the expectation of complimentary instruction.
As the schools over the state began online classes in the wake of the pandemic, his kids don't have a cell phone or web association with stay aware of web based learning.
"I bought a cell phone for the kids to proceed with the investigation," Kumar, from whom the Right to Education Act holds no pertinence, told IANS.
"I was feeling awful that I was unable to manage the cost of a gadget for my youngsters with the goal that they could go to online classes.
"So I chose to sell one of my dairy animals for Rs 6,000," an enthusiastic Kumar said.
He procures his work by selling milk and his better half is a day by day worker.
Prior to leaving behind the dairy animals, Kumar and his family thumped on banks and private moneylenders to get a credit to purchase a cell phone.
"With the change from study hall instructing to online training, educators are squeezing us that on the off chance that you need to seek after training for your youngsters, you need to purchase a gadget. Without any methods for getting a cell phone with our pitiful methods, we at last chose to sell a dairy animals," he said.
Presently, he has the solitary dairy animals to help his family.
His battle currently is that the cell phone can't at the same time bolster the instruction of two youngsters.
He anticipates consistent battles between them to go to classes.
Kumar is denied of getting the advantages implied for poor people.
He is qualified for get government benefits implied for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families or under the Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP).
"I have applied for money related help for the development of a house and consideration of my name in the IRDP and the BPL plans, however neglected to get because of red-tapism," he regretted.
At the point when nearby BJP official Ramesh Dhawala was notified about the poor budgetary state of Kumar, he guaranteed to expand government help.
"I have asked the BDO (Block Development Officer) and the SDM (Sub-Divisional Magistrate) to give budgetary assistance to him promptly," he said.
Kumar is denied of getting the advantages implied for poor people.
He is qualified for get government benefits implied for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families or under the Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP).
"I have applied for money related help for the development of a house and consideration of my name in the IRDP and the BPL plans, however neglected to get because of red-tapism," he regretted.
At the point when nearby BJP official Ramesh Dhawala was notified about the poor budgetary state of Kumar, he guaranteed to expand government help.
"I have asked the BDO (Block Development Officer) and the SDM (Sub-Divisional Magistrate) to give budgetary assistance to him promptly," he said.
