A man attempted to set himself on fire this morning in
New Delhi
, outside the entrance to the Supreme Court.
Saved by the intervention of the guard officers, and immediately transported to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital,
Rajbabu Gupta, 50
, motivated the gesture by stating that for three months he has not received the salary for his work in a company in Noida, a few kilometers from the center of the capital.
The drama has brought back into the spotlight the desperate situation of thousands of other Indian workers who in recent times have not been paid or have lost the opportunity to work due to the restrictions imposed by the third wave of Covid 19.
In the megacities of the country and in Delhi, measures such as
evening and night curfews, lockdowns on weekends, the closure of cinemas, theaters, gyms and entertainment venues, and the ban on consuming in
restaurants, bars and entertainment venues are still in force.
coffee shops.
