Hungry man with no help scavenges for food during Karnataka lockdown

Thirty-five-year-old Raju, who was employed as a loader at a ginger farm, has had no work ever since the lockdown began. Unable to find sustenance, on Saturday he was found foraging for food in a wast

Thirty-five-year-old Raju, who was employed as a loader at a ginger farm, has had no work ever since the lockdown began. Unable to find sustenance, on Saturday he was found foraging for food in a waste dump yard at Kone Pete near Alur. Sathish C.K., a resident of Chikka Kanagal in Alur taluk, spotted him on Alur-Bikkodu Road near Kone Pete. “I was on my way back from Alur when I saw him looking for something in the waste dump. I stopped my bike and went close to him. I was shocked to see him eating the food thrown out by hotels,” he told The Hindu. Mr. Sathish stopped him from having the spoilt food and arranged for rice and sambar with the help of a local friend. “During the conversation, he said he had come to Alur to work on loading ginger bags at a farm. After completing his work, he could not return to his place because of the lockdown. He had no food or shelter. Some of his words were incomprehensible, but he was clear that he had had no food for the past four days,” Mr. Sathish said.