Once a global participant representing India within the underneath 18 degree and even senior nationwide crew, Jharkhand’s Sangeet Soren is now pressured to work as a brick kiln employee at her village — Bansmuri village in Baghmara block of Dhanbad.
Sangeeta burst onto the scene following profitable outing with the under-18 crew in in Bhutan and the U19 crew in Thailand, each in 2018. Then she was known as up within the nationwide facet final yr however the lockdown and discontinuation of aggressive tournaments pressured the teenager to return to working as a labour to assist her household.
The 20-year-old has an ailing father who’s blind and in addition has listening to impairment and desires common medicines. Her elder brother works as a every day labourer however with irregular revenue she has been pressured to work.
“My father Dube Soren is visually challenged, and has hearing impairment and so he cannot earn anymore. My elder brother works at a construction site where labourers do not get paid regularly,” Sangeeta informed The Telegraph Online.
“Poor financial condition of my family propelled me to work at the brick kiln of the village,” she added.
The ahead, who grew up taking part in soccer together with the boys in her village earlier than becoming a member of a woman’s soccer membership in Dhanbad, nonetheless, doesn’t let her work schedule have an effect on her soccer as she recurrently practises with different women within the morning.
“Even though it is difficult, I did not lose hope and make it sure to practise every day at the nearby stadium in Dhanbad as football is my passion and I want to live it till my last breathe,” Sangeeta informed The New Indian Express.
She additionally stated that throughout the first lockdown, the native administration had helped her when it comes to cash, however that would not be the answer, she added. Dhanbad Football Association had organized foodgrains for her household however this yr they haven’t obtained any assist, compelling her to work.
Meanwhile, NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to the Jharkhand authorities, asking it to lengthen assist and assist to a global footballer from the state who’s working as a labourer in a brick kiln due to monetary constraints.
Saying that the situation of soccer participant Sangita Kumari brings embarrassment and disgrace to the nation, Sharma requested the Jharkhand authorities to handle the difficulty on precedence.
In an announcement, the National Commission for Women chairperson stated the ladies’s physique has come throughout a Twitter submit which stated that a global degree soccer participant from Jharkhand is working as a labourer in a brick kiln due to monetary constraints.
‘ Sangita has not just represented India on an International platform but she has also represented Jharkhand in the world due to her own hardwork and consistency,’ the NCW stated.
‘Chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to Chief Secretary, Jharkhand asking to extend help and support to Sangita so that she can live her life with dignity and feed her family. A copy of the letter has also been sent to President, All India Football Federation,’ the ladies’s physique stated.
(With PTI Inputs)
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