IT News
Imphal, May 9:
Amidst the arrangement made by the State Government to bring back the people who have been stranded due to the lockdown imposed by the Government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in India, many Manipuris stranded in Mumbai have started returning back to Manipur in privately arranged vehicle.
The 36 people including 16 Cancer patients departed Mumbai in a bus and an ambulance. The 3200kms long journey will transit through Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, and Nagaland.
The 16 Cancer patients were undergoing treatment at Tata Memorial Hospital and were stuck at Mumbai due to the sudden lockdown imposed by the Government to curb the spread of COVID-19 and were facing many problems like shortage of food and money. Out of the 16 Cancer patients, 14 have already finished their treatment and were waiting for the lockdown to be relaxed, but were shattered by the extension of the lockdown. In light of all the difficulties being faced by them in Mumbai, the 36 people took the collective decision to leave Mumbai using their own pocket money instead of waiting for intervention from the Government.