Jai SriRam 🙏
On Monday evening, (November 23rd) the government of Maharashtra announced that from Wednesday (November 25th), they have made it mandatory for passengers travelling from Delhi to Maharashtra will need to declare their respective Covid Test results at the airport. I was scheduled to arrive Mumbai, Maharashtra on November 25th, Wednesday. I enquired at a chemist who lives right opposite our house in Delhi if he knew any place nearby where I could get my two children and myself tested. He referred two hospitals to me. When I called them, they told me that I could come on Tuesday morning and get the tests done but, there was no surety that the results would come within 24 hours. Also, the cost of this test was Rs.2400 per person. I was completely convinced that I am sure not going to get the test done through those hospitals. So, I prayed to Dada that ONLY HIS blessings can rescue me out of this situation. There was a thought, that I should just go to the airport without getting any test done. But, as Dada teaches us that we must always follow rules strictly, I said to myself that Dada will surely guide me through with an alternative solution. I started looking for more information about the test online. And I came across a piece of news that the Central Government has started mobile Covid testing vans from Monday, which conducts these test free! Dada saved my Rs.7,200/.
Now my next task was to find out how to locate these mobile vans in the whole of Delhi! By Dada's grace, I know of a friend who works with BJP. I immediately called her and asked for help! She informed me that these vans were introduced by the Central Government (BJP) but, thereafter they have been assigned to the respective State governments to manage. So, at 10 in the night, I was thinking, do I really know someone from State Government (Aam Aadmi Party) who can assist me. Then I realised that a week back, I had called the AAP office in our West Delhi wing to seek some assistance for my mother's Aadhar Card. Well, that problem did not get sorted out but, at least I had their number. So, I thought I would call them the first thing in the morning on a Tuesday and check. I remembered that we should not ask for help unless it is really a pressing need as it takes away from our NAAM count, but I told Dada in my heart that I really did not want to waste so much money just for this test and went to bed. When I woke up, I realized that I saw Dada in my dream for a very little time, but HE definitely took/gave some document to me. I have a very vague remembrance of the dream. So, in the morning, I was all charged up knowing my Dada is with me. I called up the AAP office and explained my situation and requested them to assist me. They told me that they will get back to me with the information. I waited but when no call came for nearly 20 minutes, I called them back. The person told me that he was looking into the situation and he will call me back. In the next 10-15 minutes, he called me and informed that mobile van was scheduled to come and park in a market which is less than five minutes away from our house. And he confirmed that these tests were conducted free!! I went there a little ahead of time. When I reached the market, I was not sure where to really look for the mobile van. So, I kind of stood in the middle of the market. One man approached me and enquired if I was here for the Covid test. He had made that conclusion as he saw me carrying Aadhar cards. He introduced himself as AAP Treasurer.
Contd. as Part 2.
27-11-2020 05:30 pm / POSTED BY : Kaberi Singha / Where the Experience took place : New Delhi, November 23, 2020
