He has highlighted the travails of ward volunteers, who get only ₹5,000 per month honorarium. Jagan Mohan Reddy was purportedly written by Porala Mahesh, 24, a ward volunteer in the 9th Municipal Ward of Rayadurg Municipality in the district who committed suicide on Thursday, but it surfaced on social media on Saturday morning. He has highlighted the travails of ward volunteers, who get only ₹5,000 per month honorarium, which was insufficient to support a family or for his own living. In addition to the honorarium, he used to get some money from tailoring work, but during the pandemic, there was no work or income. The police said they were investigating the origin of the letter and if it was written by Mahesh.

Source: The Hindu August 14, 2021 06:11 UTC