Man rides 2,000km from Guj to meet ailing mom

K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com

Madurai:28.04.2020

A man has travelled for nearly 2,350km from Gujarat to Virudhunagar district on his two-wheeler to meet his family amid the nationwide lockdown. He had an e-pass to facilitate his travel.

N Chandramohan,43, who is a project engineer for a Chennai-based company in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, travelled for four days on his two wheeler to reach Watrap near Srivilliputhur in Virudhunagar district to meet his wife and children and take them to go meet his ailing mother in Nagapattinam district.

Speaking to TOI, Chandramohan said that following the announcement of lockdown, he got stranded in Ahmedabad. He said that he had received a call from his mother, who lives at Sirkali in Nagapattinam district along with his father, about her weak health condition. He said that he applied for an e-pass from Ahmedabad district administration officials to travel.

After he obtained a travel pass, he started his journey on April 22 and reached his in-law’s house, where his wife and children were staying, at Watrap on April 25. “The Virudhunagar district administration officials asked me to stay under home quarantine and have taken sample from me on Monday,” he said and added that he is awaiting test results so that he would be able to travel to meet his mother.

Narrating his travel experience, Chandramohan said, “I had packed a few packets of biscuit and started to travel since I knew that I would not get any food on the way during the lockdown. I filled up water from the petrol bunks where I would fill up fuel. I rested at the petrol bunks on the way during night. The entire experience was terrifying as the roads looked deserted except for a few trucks.” Chandramohan travelled via Maharashtra and Karnataka to reach Tamil Nadu.

He said that he only survived by eating the biscuits and drinking water for three days until he reached Hosur, where he found a small hotel where he got parcel and ate the food on April 25 morning. “When I met my wife and children at Watrap, it was an emotional moment,” he said.

N Chandramohan