Bhubaneswar, July 19 -- The death of an elderly widow in Odisha's Ganjam district after an alleged three-month delay in receiving her social security pension was not an isolated incident but the outcome of a wider collapse in the state's pension delivery system that left nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries without payments for months, according to a joint fact-finding report released by three rights organisations.
The report, prepared by the Right to Food Campaign, Civil Society Forum for Human Rights and Campaign for Survival and Dignity, investigated the death of B. Sabitri Dora of Chadeiyapada village under Beguniapada block, who allegedly consumed poison on June 16 after repeatedly failing to receive her monthly widow pension of Rs 1,000.
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