Soro: A woman has been eking out her living by begging for alms, and unfortunately, she is a councillor of Soro Notified Area Council (NAC) in Balasore district.

According to a source, the woman identified as Durga Singh is a people’s representative from Ward No-7 under the civic limits. Durga sleeps at night on the verandah of other persons. She neither has a pucca house of her own nor a patch of land. The welfare schemes of the government seem not to have reached her yet. She has been living in penury for the past several years.

“I have been temporarily residing in Parmela slum. I am an illiterate and poor woman but do not want to complain against anyone. Rather, I would like to request the Government to give me a pucca house. My husband is a drunkard man and does not give even a rupee to manage the household expenses,” the local people’s representative expressed.

“I have two small kids who are dependent on me. I have been begging for alms and hardly I get two to three kilograms of rice or up to a maximum of Rs 50 in a day,” the poor woman said.

“Although I have been managing the family with much difficulty, I badly need a house,” Durga added.