A tea vendor of the city, Siba Shankar Jena, came forward to help a leprosy-affected family and provided a three-wheeler cycle to polio patient Kamaru Dandasena, Rs16,000 to his wife Rajabati Dandasena and school uniform and books to his son.
After getting information from a newspaper, Jena with his friend Sukant Nayak went to Dandasena’s house at Bhutuka village at Dunguripali in Bargarh district and heard the problems of the family. Notably, the tea vendor also donated Rs5,000 to a 12-year-old paralysed boy, Manas Barik, at a programme held here on Thursday.
Besides, he has also donated Rs18,000 to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund earlier.
Jena, who has a tea stall near the RTO office at Acharya Vihar has been donating to the poor and needy people frequently. Social worker Biswapriya Kanungo, All Odisha Roadside Vendors Association president Pratap Sahu, Surendra Jena, Meghana Kinnar, Meera Kinnar and Sadhana Kinnar were present, among others in the programme.