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Eleven Kerala Women Civic Body Workers Pool Rs 25 Each To Buy Rs 250 Lottery Ticket, Win Rs 10 Crore Jackpot

Eleven women from Kerala, all municipality workers, jointly bagged the Rs 10 crore jackpot of the state government's 2023 Monsoon Bumper lottery. The women do not intend to end their jobs as sanitation workers even after winning the lottery and said they will still work to keep Parappanangadi clean

Eleven women from Kerala win Rs 10 crore lottery
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Eleven women from Kerala, all municipality workers, jointly bagged the Rs 10 crore jackpot of the state government's 2023 Monsoon Bumper lottery. The women, who usually get Rs 250 per day for collecting바카라 웹사이트non-biodegradable waste from households in Parappanangadi town in Kerala's Malappuram district, pooled Rs 25 each to buy the바카라 웹사이트250-rupee ticket for a monsoon bumper prize lottery in June this year.

All the women바카라 웹사이트work with Haritha Karma Sena, which collect바카라 웹사이트non-biodegradable waste from households and establishments, and then바카라 웹사이트sends it바카라 웹사이트to shredding units for recycling. This is the fourth time바카라 웹사이트the group bought the bumper lottery ticket. They바카라 웹사이트previously won Rs 1000 in Onam bumper.

Even as private lotteries are banned in Kerala, the government runs its highly-publicised programme -바카라 웹사이트Kerala State Lotteries, which바카라 웹사이트is the first of its kind in India.바카라 웹사이트

According to a report by the Newsminute, the women do not intend to end their jobs as sanitation workers even after winning the lottery and said they will still work to keep Parappanangadi clean. They바카라 웹사이트are supposed to get around Rs 63.6 lakh each, after paying the taxes.바카라 웹사이트

“Eleven civic workers of Haritha Karma Sena, who stand at the forefront in keeping Parappanangadi clean, have won the Rs 10 crore lottery now. They are one of the most hardworking and dedicated teams working here, and we are happy that they won the lottery. Despite winning the lottery, they said that they would not stop working here, which is a mark of their dedication,”바카라 웹사이트Parappanangadi Municipality chairman A Usman was quoted as saying.바카라 웹사이트

The women will instead use the lottery money to pay off their debts.바카라 웹사이트Ms Baby, 62,바카라 웹사이트plans to build a house which was washed바카라 웹사이트away in the devastating floods that hit Kerala in 2018.바카라 웹사이트K Bindu, 50, will use the money on educating her 15-year-old daughter so she can get a good job, BBC reported.바카라 웹사이트Leela, 56, will spend the money for her daughter's surgery.바카라 웹사이트

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