Update: The compensation amount Rs.300,000 received by Pushpa Odh by the company director Aslam Khan, Ajju Bhai, Kantilal Sharma on 28 May 2012 after involvement of district administration and labor organization. Widow of Shambulal Odh has expressed her gratitude towards administration, media, labor group and company directors for the support.

A memorandum has come to the notice of the Udaipur Collectorate which was issued by Pushpa Devi Aodh, a woman who had been widowed recently.

Pushpa Devi lost her husband, Shambhulal Aodh, a security guard at the Liberty Phosphate Ltd. Udaipur on 11^th May, 2012, who fell off the roof of the factory’s garage, where they were accommodated by the factory management. According to Pushpa Devi, her husband had received a call and had suddenly felt dizzy, falling from the boundary wall. She said that the wall was only a foot high, which resulted in her husband’s death.

Shambhulal was then taken to Geetanjali Hospital where he was treated from March 3^rd to March 9^th. He was forced to be discharged however, as the hospital bill had reached Rs 2 Lakh. Aodh succumbed to his injuries on May 11^th.

Liberty Phosphate Ltd’s management had promised to compensate the widow for the amount of Rs. 10 Lakhs, but are yet to provide anything.

The widow, who was forced to borrow money from her relatives, has had her house seized as she could not return the money. She has no means to repay her loans until the factory management reimburses her.

She has appealed for legal justice from the Udaipur Collectorate and will start a hunger strike till death, along with her kids if she does not receive the money she is entitled to soon.