Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh): In yet another instance of migrants going through extreme difficulties to get home, an elderly specially-abled man set-off on an arduous journey from Andhra Pradesh to his native Uttar Pradesh on his hand-driven tricycle.
Ram Singh had come to Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh around two months back and used to sell perfume. However, with the onset of the lockdown, he was left stranded with no income, as he could not sell his products anymore.
While his companions left for their home states on foot, Singh decided to cover the over 1,000-kilometre journey back home to his village in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi on his hand-driven tricycle.
Singh, who had departed from Rajahmundry three days back, was spotted on National Highway 16 in Visakhapatnam district. Dr Sasidhar, a homeopathic doctor spoke to Singh and gave him money for the rest of the journey.
Singh said that he wakes up at 3 am everyday and tries to cover at least 40-50 kilometres before stopping to rest for the day.
He said that with no source of income, he had no other option but to return to his village, where his family resides.
Though the nationwide lockdown was imposed to arrest the spread of coronavirus, it has unfortunately, adversely affected migrants across the country. Though the government has been arranging buses and trains for them to get back home, many migrants have been opting to take the long road back home, complaining of limited trains and buses.
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