Bhubaneswar: In a moment that has touched thousands of hearts across Odisha, a completely visually-impaired man who sells papad on the streets to feed his family of five broke down before Jajpur District Collector Ambar Kumar Kar today – and the Collector responded not with files and formalities, but with a warm embrace.

Shatrughan Behera, 38, from Rasuna village in Rasulpur block, is 100% blind. He has never seen the faces of his elderly parents, his wife, or his little daughter – yet he carries the weight of their survival on his shoulders every single day. With no land, no steady income, and no proper roof over their heads, the family lives in a kutcha house. Half the roof is being repaired, leaving the rooms in chaos. Rain or shine, Shatrughan walks the roads selling papad, the only

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