Less than a year after Kanta Prasad was showered with monetary help following a video about his grim financial condition went viral on the internet, he is back to his roadside eatery. 80-year-old Prasad had an unsuccessful stint as a restauranteur. According to Prasad, he suffered losses in the restaurant business as he spent Rs 1 lakh to run the restaurant and manage to earn just Rs 30,000. The octogenarian said that he has once again started the old roadside ‘dabha’ for the reason that he gets very good buyer footfall.
“On an investment of Rs 1 lakh, we only earned Rs 35,000, that’s why we shut it. I’m happy to run my old eatery as customer footfall is good here,” Prasad was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
The Delhi resident also stated that he has planned his retirement and has saved 20 lakh for that goal. “I will run this dhaba till I am alive. The day business sees a slump, I will shut it. We have kept Rs 20 lakhs for me & my wife from the money we were donated last year,” he added.
According to Prasad, the restaurant witnessed very good footfall in the starting but consumers stopped coming quickly just after and expenditures exceeded more than the earnings. When asked about why he began the restaurant, Prasad stated that he was encouraged about the concept by some social workers such as Tushant Adlakha.
“The social workers came and did everything. They only set up the restaurant. I did not know or understand what they were doing,” he was quoted as saying by PTI. However, Adlakha stated it was Prasad’s concept and he only helped in it.
Prasad shot to fame last year just after a video displaying him crying about economic woes went viral. He had received overwhelming help from individuals and got economic help of about Rs 42 lakh.