R. Alamelu, 50, has her elderly mother and two school-going granddaughters to take care of. While her son-in-law and his family took custody of her grandson when her daughter died, they refused to take care of the two girls.
Her only source of income was selling flowers on NSC Bose Road in the Broadway area, which came to a halt in June as the roughly 300 hawkers on the road were evicted to comply with an order of the Madras High Court.
“I am struggling to feed the children now. I have not paid back the debt incurred for my second daughter’s wedding. The lenders are pressuring me,” she said.
