Khazanchi

Chairman of Jhinjhak nagar panchayat Raj Kumar Yadav got a call from Akhilesh who enquired about Khazanchi and asked him to visit the family in Jogidera in Jhinjhak area of Kanpur Dehat and hand over Rs 10,000 in cash.

Raj Kumar met the family on Thursday morning and provided financial relief to Sarvesha who is rearing four children. The eldest child Priti is suffering from tuberculosis.

As Akhilesh had announced ₹2 lakh each to the families of people who died in bank queues, he specially called Sarvesha to Lucknow with Khazanchi and gave them a cheque.

Khazanchi’s family belongs to the tribe of snake-charmers and his father Aareshwar had died of tuberculosis six months before his birth.

Living in abject poverty, the illness and untimely death of Sarvesha’s husband left the family in heavy debt. Sarvesha said ₹80,000 of the amount given by the then government was spent on repayment of debts.

“After my husband’s death, his brother Anil Nath threw us out of the house. I am living with my mother and surviving on widow pension,” she said.

Sarvesha has been allotted a house under the Ram Manohar Lohia housing scheme and expects to move there shortly.

“My only worry is that my children get good education and jobs. I don’t want them to endure poverty,” she said.

“I spent some time with Khazanchi. The boy smiles a lot. I will brief the party president about the problems that the family is facing,” Raj Kumar said.