Mehsana: Cop’s ‘Beti Bachao’ act in time of corona

AHMEDABAD: A sub-inspector of Mehsana district traffic police has given his share of rations and dry fruits to a woman who delivered her first daughter just 12 days ago. The woman was unable to get food as she was living alone with her mother. The family had migrated from Rajasthan to find work as daily wagers in Gujarat, and the woman was not able to feed her newborn daughter.
On Mothers’ Day on Sunday, PSI Manoj Rathod was distributing food packets to destitute people in a slum on Visnagar Road in Mehsana district.When he finished distributing food, he saw one elderly woman was still standing there though she had two food packets.
Seeing tears in her eyes, Rathod asked her if she needed a couple of packets more, the woman replied, “I need much more as I live along with my daughter who recently gave birth to my granddaughter. But as we are alone in this new place and we have not been getting any work for two months, we do not have enough food which is needed for a lactating woman and a newborn girl.”
Rathod said that he had assured the woman that he would help her. Rathod went to her hut. A pale young woman was lying on a cot. Her sari served as a cradle for newborn daughter.
The PSI’s wife advised him to give their rations along with ghee and dry fruits to the woman. He made a kit of grains, dry fruits and ghee which could last for three months and gave that to the woman.
“I also gave my number and told them that I would take care of their rations and other nutritious food for at least three months,” he said, adding that he has two daughters and he knew the importance of daughters.