Twenty-nine-year-old Chetan Parkar has been doing odd jobs since the time he lost his administrative job at a college just after the pandemic hit the city. His wife, Aarti Parkar, who conceived her first child around the same time, has also been jobless since then. Chetan says that all these months have been difficult for them, but he hopes to find a job soon with the economy slowly recovering.

Earlier, Chetan used to earn Rs 12,000 from his college job, which was on a contractual basis. He would make some more money by doing deliveries for various online portals and earn about Rs 15,000-Rs 18,000 every month. But since the past couple of months, the family has been surviving on their savings.