Migrants look up to him in these perplexing times

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 15

Sushil Kumar (39), councillor of Ward No.2, has been on his toes since the Covid-19 outbreak. A large number of migrants live in the ward and for Sushil, the main challenge was to provide ration and other essential item to them. Coming forward in these testing times, he ensures that he visits every household and fulfil the needs of ward residents, especially poor people.

“I stay in touch with them and I know they are the ones who were the worst-hit. So for me, my ward residents are my priority,” he said.

The councillor has also been helping migrants in their registration for going back to their native places. “I have asked them to contact me in case of any problem,” he said.

Sushil said he had got every narrow street sanitised on his own. With the help of NGOs, the councillor started providing cooked food to needy people in his ward. He arranged money to provide ration to ward residents.

He said he had never expected that the pandemic would hit the poor harder. “I am so concerned about the people of my ward that I make strategies on a daily basis to provide them assistance,” he said. He has been providing medicines to needy people. Earlier, he was organising langar for needy people in his ward.

In the beginning, he had alleged that there were some problems in getting food packets from MC officials.

“When I sought food packets from MC officials, I saw a cross sign was marked on my name on one of the lists. When I asked, the officials said the ration had already been given,” he said, adding that he did not understand that why everyone was indulging in politics rather than helping the needy.