Patna (Bihar): Long after the governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh were done ferrying Bihari migrants to their homes by bus-loads, a young daily wage labourer found himself at the Anand Vihar bus terminus in the national capital, grieving for his mother.
Mukesh Yadav alias Dipu (26), who hails from Bhagalpur district, had been crestfallen ever since receiving a call from his father on Monday evening that his mother was killed in a freak accident that left her head severed from her body.
Working as a daily wage earner since he was only 14, Dipu was out of work but had planned to stay back at his shanty in Sarai Kale Khan until receiving the terrible news.
We had been visiting the Anand Vihar bus terminus with food for the hapless migrants ever since the mass exodus began. On Monday evening, the number of people was far less and it appeared that the business of sending off migrants was over. Suddenly we spotted this young man, weeping inconsolably," says Yogita Bhayana, Delhi-based social worker.
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— Yogita Bhayana (@yogitabhayana) March 30, 2020मुकेश(दिल्ली)के माता जी का अभी-अभी देहांत हुआ है,यह लड़का भागलपुर,बिहार का रहने वाला है,घर में और कोई सदस्य नहीं है,माँ के अंतिम संस्कार में जाना चाहता है,@NitishKumar जी @yadavtejashwi जी @ArvindKejriwal जी कृपया जल्द से जल्द मदद करें🙏🙏,यह इस लड़के का नम्बर है +91 9773755491 pic.twitter.com/khTKl7oSla
— Yogita Bhayana (@yogitabhayana) March 30, 2020
Bhayana, who has been better known for her activism against sexual crimes in the aftermath of the Nirbhaya gang-rape incident, swung into action but met initial disappointment.
"I rang up many legislators and bureaucrats in Delhi for help. They all told me the restrictions on the movement of people from one place to another have tightened and it was impossible to help Dipu reach his village and attend his mothers funeral.
"I tweeted furiously, tagging the chief ministers of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, hoping for help to come from whichever corner possible. I was told that my tweets had gone viral, Bihar politicians like Tejashwi Yadav, Pappu Yadav and Chirag Paswan sharing these on their official handles. However, concrete help eluded us, she told a news agency over phone.
Bhayana said, it was late in the evening when she got a call from the Resident Commissioner of Bihar Vipin Gupta, who said he had been tipped off about her tweets by the office of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
"Gupta asked me to come right away which I did. He was forthcoming help and wasted no time in giving a signed and stamped letter authorising travel to Bihar. There was a small obstacle, though, as he said he was not in a position to arrange a vehicle.
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">कल देर शाम टिपु यादव अपने गाँव पहुँच गया था,वह अपने जीवन के सबसे कठिन समय के बीच अब टिपु अपने रिश्तेदार और अपने गाँव वालो के बीच है।हेमंत भयाना और उसके साथी रोहित कुमार टिपु को गाँव तक पहुँचाने के लिए धन्यवाद @sharahuda @Ashnorthstar और आप सभी लोगों के सहयोग के लिए बहुत धन्यवाद🙏 pic.twitter.com/oPpBALepBA
— Yogita Bhayana (@yogitabhayana) April 2, 2020कल देर शाम टिपु यादव अपने गाँव पहुँच गया था,वह अपने जीवन के सबसे कठिन समय के बीच अब टिपु अपने रिश्तेदार और अपने गाँव वालो के बीच है।हेमंत भयाना और उसके साथी रोहित कुमार टिपु को गाँव तक पहुँचाने के लिए धन्यवाद @sharahuda @Ashnorthstar और आप सभी लोगों के सहयोग के लिए बहुत धन्यवाद🙏 pic.twitter.com/oPpBALepBA
— Yogita Bhayana (@yogitabhayana) April 2, 2020
"My younger brother Hemant, a passionate animal lover, then demonstrated that he cared no less for humans," she remarked fondly.
Hemant took Dipu in his car and took off for a gruelling, more than 1,000 kilometres long drive, around midnight on Tuesday.
"Another associate of ours, Rohit, joined him to take turns at the steering wheel," she added.
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