Waiting for salary, or else will need a loan to survive

TNN | May 6, 2020, 04:47 IST

I’m employed in a housekeeping firm and as per the contract, I work at a branded store and also do a part-time job at a computer store.
On March 15, I was paid for my monthly work with an advance for the next month. However, I was not paid by the computer outlet which said that my firm will make the payments.
I live in Dhamma Nagar slums near the Ganeshpeth Bus Stand with my mother, wife, three-year-old daughter and a nephew. At the branded store, I used to earn Rs6000 a month and Rs4000 from the computer store. Due to the lockdown, I’m not working. I don’t even have a stall to sell vegetables. There is no other source of income.
Last month, I exhausted all my savings after three members of my family had to be hospitalized. I was left with just Rs1000 which I used to buy vegetables and oil. I do not have a BPL card but thanks to the Kesari card, I was given 10kg rice and six kg wheat by the government which was a huge relief.
We prepare food in the morning and in the evening, our entire family of five survives on the meal distributed by the NGO near the bus stand. I need to go near the location to get the food for my family.
I don’t know for how long can we go on like this. I was told that we would get our salary on May 10. If that promised salary is denied, I will be left with no option but to seek a loan from my sister or else we will starve.