11-year-old becomes collector for a day

FIGHTING TUMOUR

11-year-old becomes collector for a day

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Ahmedabad:20.09.2021

She is 11 years old and is battling brain tumour. But Flora Asodiya has let neither her age nor her condition pull back her ambition. Flora’s wish to become a collector came true on Saturday as she held the position of the Ahmedabad district collector for a day.

Flora rode from her house at Sargasan on the outskirts of Gandhinagar to the collectorate in the official car of the district collector. She was given the ceremonial guard of honour at the entrance. She was taken to the collector’s chamber, where district collector Sandip Sagale himself made her sit in the chair of power.

Assuming the role of the district collector, Flora distributed certificates to beneficiaries under ‘Vhaali Dikri’ and ‘Vidhva Sahay’ schemes. For her contribution to the bureaucracy, she was gifted a doll set and a tablet. Earlier, all the collectorate employees had got together to cut a cake to celebrate her arrival. “My daughter studies in Class 7 and has always dreamt of becoming a collector,” said her mother Sonal Asodiya. Apurva Asodiya, Flora’s father, said: “We had become very distressed after discovering her ailment. We thank the collectorate for helping her fulfill her aspiration.” Sagale got to know of Flora through Make a Wish Foundation.