It is heartwrenching to see the plight of daily-wage labourers who have been the worst affected by the 21-day lockdown. With no earnings, they are neither able to send money home nor they have much to feed themselves. Recently, 2 helpless daily-wage labourers were fed by Delhi Police after they went hungry for 4 days.
The man spends Rs 8,000 per day to feed the migrants. Therefore, in the past 10 days, he has spent Rs 80,000. But he doesn’t mind the cost.
“I don’t mind that because I was once in their position,” he revealed.
Abdul Khader has had a difficult road to solvency himself. 40 years ago, he arrived in Dubai and cleaned the tables of a restaurant. After learning about his distress, the owner of the restaurant asked him to learn Arabic, and so Abdul did. After learning Arabic, he bagged the job of a telephone operator at Al Ain University where he worked for 30 years. It has been 4 years since Abdul retired.
Such kind people like Abdul Khader are a ray of hope for the helpless. Respect!