The Thackeray cousins, keeping their political differences aside, joined hands to quickly send help to the old age home in Vasai, and received the blessings of their school teacher who had sent out an SOS call. The old age home New Life Foundation was destroyed by cyclone Tauktae last week.
Truckloads of relief material, including bricks, cement bags, asbestos sheets, mattresses, mosquito nets, bed sheets, pillow, iron angles, and also dry ration and first aid kits reached the New Life Foundation on Thursday morning. The retired school teacher, Suman Randive, thanked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray.
“Uddhav and Raj called me. I felt so good. They had promised to help and they sent truckloads of relief material to revamp this old age home where I am staying. They have promised me that they will visit me soon here. May God bless them,” she said. “Thank you, beta, Uddhav and Raj!” she added.
The youth wings of both Shiv Sena and MNS had jumped to action after reading reports about the condition of the old age home.
Yuva Sena Core Committee Member Rahul Kanal said, “The chief minister and his son Aaditya have told me to extend all the possible help. The story touched our hearts and we swiftly acted to assist with all the relief material we could send at the earliest.”
“The old age homeowner, Rajesh Moro, wants to concretise the roof, so adequate raw material has been sent to them. I visited the old age home and met the teacher. She was very happy to see us and showered us with her blessings. It gave me satisfaction to see the smile on her face,” said Kanal.
He also handed over a cheque to Moro for the labour cost of the repair work.
Surjitt Sahani
