Hetauda, Dec. 28 -- Indraman Ghalan of Lekpandrang in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality Ward No. 3 is grey with age but he still works as a labourer.

Ghalan, who is in his late seventies, spends his days working at the construction site of the Bhaise-Bhimphedi road. He earns a living cleaning roadside drains and fixing small potholes on the road. "I started working as a labourer since I was 12. At that time I started working, I worked on the Tribhuvan Rajpath stretch," he shares.

While working in Tribhuvan Rajpath, Ghalan used to receive Rs 50 as monthly salary. Today, he earns Rs 20,000 every month. But if he misses even one day of work, his salary gets deducted. Ghalan said, "I come to work even when I fall sick, because if I don't then my...