Sakinaka police station

Karjat

Lata Pardeshi

Nilesh Bhalerao

She narrated her story and told me that she was desperately looking for a job to make both ends meet. While narrating her plight, she kept crying. It was a sad moment. Considering her age, I asked why she would want to work, to which she replied that there was no other way of getting food and shelter Nilesh Bhalerao, Police Sub-Inspector

NGOs

Samajik Vikas Sanstha

ByPSI from Sakinaka raised Rs 22,000 for woman, and admits her into an old age home.A police sub-inspector (PSI) fromwent out of his way to help an abandoned elderly woman who approached the police for help. He not only raised more than Rs 22,000 from his colleagues but also got her accommodated in an old age home inSixty-five-year-oldwalked into the Sakinaka police station at around 11:30 am on May 15 and narrated her woes to the duty officer,, 32, who decided to help her in every way possible.Pardeshi told Bhalerao that she had lost her husband 30 years ago. After her only son was killed in a road accident about 10 years ago, there was no one to look after her. She said she worked as a sweeper at a hospital for 20 years which provided her food and shelter but, unfortunately, it was demolished in a BMC drive last month, rendering her homeless and without food.Touched by her story, Bhalerao decided to get her a better life and looked after her until she was shifted to a Karjat shelter home on Thursday.“I was the duty officer on Tuesday morning when and elderly woman walked in. She looked disturbed and in need of help. She narrated her story and told me that she was desperately looking for a job to make both ends meet. While narrating her plight, she kept crying. It was a sad moment. Considering her age, I asked why she would want to work, to which she replied that there was no other way of getting food and shelter,” Bhalerao told Mirror.An MBA in Finance, Bhalerao, a resident of Nashik, secured his first posting in Sakinaka police station after joining the police force. “As police officers, our duty is not only to curb crime but also help the needy. I believe in this philosophy so I helped the lady.”After hearing her story, Bhalerao arranged food and lodging for her in police station. He then began to contact theand local political workers to get help for her on a permanent basis. As nobody came forward to help her, he decided to do something on his own.A police officer said, “Several political workers contacted by Bhalerao promised to help but later they neither got back to him nor responded to his calls. The NGOs too did not revert with any positive response. He then contacted the staff of Sakinaka police station who helped him raise money for Pardeshi. In the meanwhile, he managed to find a place for her in a shelter home run byin Karjat.”“It was a heart touching moment when Pardeshi while leaving the police station called me ‘beta mujhe milne aate rahna (my son, keep visiting me). I have decided to visit her once a month.”The police station staff have planned to open a bank account in her name so that more donations can be collected to help her.Senior Police Inspector, Sakinaka Police Station, Avinash Dharamadhikari told mirror, “When I learned about the matter, I and the entire police station staff supported Bhalerao in his effort.The woman was weeping while leaving the police station, she was very thankful to the police station staff for taking care of her. She was happy to find a shelter.”Read this story in