This story is from May 22, 2020

Dahod girls from Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh return

While most started returning home from places where they were stranded due to lockdown, six girls from Dahod were caught in a quandary as they could not find means to return home. They were staying at three different locations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and thus it was a daunting task to bring them together.
Dahod girls from Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh return
VADODARA: While most started returning home from places where they were stranded due to lockdown, six girls from Dahod were caught in a quandary as they could not find means to return home. They were staying at three different locations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and thus it was a daunting task to bring them together.
Dahod district administration mounted an operation to bring back the girls stranded in Bengaluru in Karnataka as well as Nellore and Ongole in Andhra Pradesh.
It roped in a social worker who had earlier helped in bringing 27 nursing students back from Hyderabad to Dahod.
Activist Rajesh Sisodiya, who had overseen the entire process, said four girls from Nellore and Ongole had contacted the district administration after hearing about the story of 27 girls. Dahod district collector Vijay Kharadi assured the girls of all support and the administration then contacted Sisodiya.
“We managed to find a multi-utility vehicle with a seating capacity of 10 people. The owner of the vehicle could drive and he also identified another person. We also identified two girls who were stranded in Bengaluru. It was decided to bring all of them together in the same trip,” he said. The father of one of the girls also accompanied the crew of the vehicle.
The vehicle first went to Bengaluru and from there to Nellore and Ongole. After picking up all the six girls, it returned to Dahod via Hyderabad and Solapur in Maharashtra. It travelled 4,060km in the process. The girls were taken to a hospital for screening and advised home quarantine.
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