24 year old Prajakta Godbole , who had represented India Universities in the 5000 m race at World University Games Italy in 2019, is fighting to get meal to satiate the hunger as her mother has been jobless due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Prajakta Godbole resides with her parents in a Siraspeth Slum in Nagpur. Her father Vilas Godbole earlier worked as security guard but met with an accident and is paralyzed now. Her mother Aruna used to work as cook at a catering service to earn Rs 5000- Rs 6000 per month. Prajakta’s mother was the only one source of income in a family of three. Due to ongoing lockdown marriages are not happening and her mother is not getting salary to get meal to satiate their hunger. However they are serving now on the help provided by people from nearby areas.
Prajakta said “she does not know what to do in these circumstances and whom to approach as they belong to a poor family”. Prajakta also said that “she has not sought help from athletics officials in the district or in the State”
