Rameshwaram Pilgrimage Workers Await Govt Relief Due as Tourists Decline
Channel: NewsClickin
Date: 2021-10-30

The 425 theertha workers in Rameshwaram temple are out of jobs since the pandemic. They have lost their income since then, with the exception of two months in February 2021, before the second wave hit the state hard. With no relief coming their way from the government, the workers have shifted to menial jobs to save their family from starvation. Newsclick visited Rameswaram to understand their sufferings and the other larger sections who depend on the tourists alone.

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