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A 50-year-old woman Sheelaamma, travelled 2,700 km in a car crossing six states to meet her critically-ill son, a BSF jawan in Jodhpur, despite strict district and state wide lockdown restrictions a due to COVID-19.
The woman was accompanied by her daughter-in-law and another relative during the journey, which they covered in three days’ time. Speaking to PTI from Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Sheelamma Vasan said the health condition of her son, Arun Kumar (29), who was suffering from myositis, (inflammation of muscles), was improving. "Due to god’s grace we have reached here without any problems anywhere", she said. The family was informed by a Keralite doctor at AIIMS in Jodhpur about Arun Kumar's condition following which they decided to undertake the journey from Kerala through Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Gujarat to reach Rajasthan.
Thanks to the intervention of Union Minister V Muraleedharan, the office of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leader, Oommen Chandy, the family could get necessary passes for the travel across the states. Volunteers of Hindu helpline, a VHP organisation, helped in arranging a cab and two taxi drivers free of cost to take them to Jodhpur. After getting necessary passes arranged by Kottayam District Collector P K Sudheer Babu,
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