Mohali woman meets elderly mother after much struggle

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 12

A 93-year-old woman, who is staying with her servants in Sector 33 here, finally met her daughter as the latter got a movement pass after much struggle today.

Before the curfew, Savrinder Sodhi, wife of a retired wing commander, who lives in Mohali, used to meet her mother daily for two hours. “Due to the curfew, my wife could not visit her mother. We tried to apply for permission in Mohali, but we didn’t find an appropriate category in the online application,” said Savrinder’s husband Harjeet Singh Sodhi.

He said, “All these days, my wife has been talking to her mother over phone. We have not told her that it’s curfew outside and there is Covid-19 spread. Today, when she started crying, we approached the authorities in Chandigarh to issue us the pass.”

Meanwhile, RK Garg, president of a senior citizens’ association, said “It took about four hours to get the pass in such circumstances. I contacted home secretary, Chandigarh DC and nodal officer, who further asked me to contact the Mohali DC. The UT Administrator then called for coordination among officials of the tricity. Why can’t the authorities in city coordinate the case with their Mohali counterparts in sensitive places. UT officials could have issued a pass at their own level.”

He said the Mohali DC acted swiftly after he did not get any desired response from Chandigarh and issued them the pass.