A Kendriya Vidyalaya teacher posted in Jammu had to embark on 1,000km journey by road to perform his father’s last rites in their native district of Lakhimpur Kheri in UP.
As per media reports, on April 18, Ashish Khare got a call from his younger brother from Lakhimpur Kheri that their father had passed away after battling cancer for a prolonged period.
With the help of Greater Noida Authority helpline for migrants, he was able to reach Lakhimpur Kheri a day later to conduct the last rites of his father, despite the COVID-19 lockdown.
“At first I thought of skipping the cremation. I had to cross four states to get to Uttar Pradesh. But I was the elder son. Also, even the immediate kin said it would be difficult to attend the cremation due to the lockdown. My younger brother pleaded with me to come over somehow,” Ashish told a leading media portal over the phone on Wednesday.
Ashish said he learned about the helpline number, which had been set up by the UP government to help the stranded migrants. He dialled the helpline number operational at the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority. CEO Narendra Bhooshan is the nodal officer for migrants stuck in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Leh.
Also to add, Meanwhile, Tuesday onward, Ashish has started offering lessons to his students through video-conferencing.
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