Woman, 65, who crawled 2km for pension to receive it at home: Official

The video of Pathuri Dehury from Raisuan gram panchayat in Keonjhar district crawling to a local panchayat office for her pension four days ago, had gone viral on social media

A 65-year-old woman from Odisha’s Keonjhar district, who had to crawl at least 2km to collect her pension, will now receive her pension at home along with a tricycle so that she can move around, officials said on Tuesday.

The video of Pathuri Dehury from Keonjhar district crawling to a local panchayat office went viral four days ago. (HT sourced photo)

The video of Pathuri Dehury from Raisuan gram panchayat in Keonjhar district crawling to a local panchayat office for her pension four days ago, had gone viral on social media.

Dehury, who lost her husband to an ailment a few years ago, and since then enrolled under the state-run Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY), was asked to come to the panchayat office to collect her monthly pension.

The MBPY is a social welfare scheme in Odisha that provides financial assistance to people in need.

“When no one came home to disburse the pension, I had no other option than to crawl 2km to reach the panchayat office,” she said.