Covid Care Kits are made available through various ways. Many help us in very specific way. One of the such category of people are auto drivers. In our ordinary life, we cannot manage our travel in Bangalore without Autos.
Unfortunately, at the wake of Covid -19 lockdown the auto drivers are hard hit. Most of the auto drivers in Bangalore are single bread winners of the families. Their conditions are pathetic. Now their autos are also lockdown. Moreover, they are daily wage earners. Many of the auto drivers do not own even the autos. Many of the auto drivers own autos thanks to the bank loans. Most of the Bank lending is given upon a huge interest. Now what will the auto drivers do? 
However, the auto drivers are kind people. They do not live in high rise apartments. They live in villages, small houses or huts, away from the city centres. These are the people who help us to identify the needy when we go in search of poorer people.
I suppose auto drivers know nook and corners of Bangalore. They know how to make your journey short but also long! Many of the auto drivers are helpers are on their toes in assisting us to find out the deserving people who need our ration and essential commodities for daily sustenance. I wish our government does something concretely to these auto drivers when they are in such distress.
- Reported by Olvin Veigas, SJ
20th April 2020
1 comment:
Your write up in your diary inspired me to pray consciously for the poor and the needy.
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