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| This man is cycling 2,100 km from Mumbai to Jammu and Kashmir to see his ailing father | | | Srinagar: For 36-year-old Mohammad Arif the nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic has led to a 2,100 km long journey on cycle from Mumbai to Jammu and Kashmir.
It was a normal Thursday morning for Arif, who works as a watchman in a private housing society in Mumbai, when he received a call from his house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district that his father had suffered a massive stroke.
He spent the next two hours making desperate calls to neighbours and friends to try and ensure that his father reaches the hospital. However, none of his friends could reach his father Wazir Hussain due to the lockdown.
A panicked Arif ventured out to secure some sort of transportation back home, but with all transport services suspended due to the nationwide lockdown, he could only find a bicycle. Thus began his 2,100 km long and arduous journey to his ailing father.
He had travelled almost 130 km by Friday morning and was having his morning tea in Balivali on the outskirts of Mumbai when ThePrint spoke to him. He had started cycling in the wee hours of morning and had managed to cover a long distance without any breaks. |
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