Telangana: Visually-challenged man struggles to make his way home to Nalgonda

HYDERABAD: A visually-challenged person is struggling to return home to his family in Miryalaguda in Nalgonda. He was found by activists living on a street in L B Nagar. “I started losing my vision due to exposure to sodium dichromate that the factory I was working in deals with. I came to the city to get treated, but my vision deteriorated,” said Govind Reddy.
The 41-year-old said his company used to pay for his treatment, but with no hope left, they have stopped paying and he has been left to fend for himself.“I wanted to leave for my village before the lockdown, but now it is impossible ,” he said.
Reddy is among the 30 to 35 homeless people near the LB Nagar Ring Road depending on others for food. Mostly migrants, these people came to the city for work and for other reasons, but are now living on the streets.
Activist Vinil Reddy, who has been feeding people in the area with other volunteers, said, “Govind just keeps an ear out for my car. When people ask him how he manages, he shows them my visiting card. Before I came, he depended on strangers to get him to go to the hospital.”
Vinil says he hopes to get him medication and work, but due to lockdown, everything is on hold. For now, Govind, wants to see his siblings in Nalgonda.