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After much ordeal, brother-sister duo from Silchar starts journey for home from Chennai
May 13: After much ordeal, the brother- sister duo boarded the train from Chennai for Guwahati on Wednesday night. Doyel Naug & her younger cousin brother Subrata got stranded in Vellore since the month of March. Doyel’s mother Kalpana Naug was a cancer patient and so they went for treatment in Vellore but unfortunately got stranded due to the nationwide lockdown. In the meantime, Doyel’s mother expired. Doyel and her cousin brother Subrata performed the last rites of Kalpana Naug amidst the lockdown in Vellore.
The loss of her mother was an incident of immense sorrow in the life of Doyel and that too in an unknown place far away from her hometown Silchar. But the days following her mother’s death was much more tragic for her and her brother. They were stuck in a lodge. There was no means to come back to Silchar. She tried in vain to call the helpline number announced by Assam government to bring back its stranded residents. Finally, Doyel took to social media and wrote an open letter to Deputy Commissioner, Cachar on 11 May, 2020.
The power of social media is so immense, that her post was shared 317 times and it finally reached the right hands. The Deputy Commissioner of Cachar also took serious note of the matter. In the meantime, Silchar MP Dr. Rajdeep Roy acted really fast and immediately took up the matter with the Resident Commissioner of Assam House in Chennai. Doyel and her brother were shifted to Assam House in Vellore the very next day she wrote for help in social media. MP Silchar also spoke to Doyel and assured her of a safe return to Silchar. He got in touch with OSD Mr. Anand at Chennai and asked him to manage two tickets for them by the next available special train.
Saw this message and spoke to the Resident Commissioner AH at Chennai, Got #DoyelNaug and her brother shifted to AH,vellore. Spoke to her too and assured her of a safe return to Silchar. My condolences to the bereaved family !@himantabiswa @sarbanandsonwal pic.twitter.com/GSebPl1RTU
— Dr Rajdeep Roy (@drrajdeeproy) May 12, 2020
Doyel Naug on reaching the Assam House in Vellore also expressed her gratitude for the help in a Facebook post where she wrote, “I have been brought to Assam house in Vellore. I hope to board the train to Silchar by tomorrow. Receiving help from different areas. Thank you one and all. Wish to get back home as early as possible.”
On Wednesday, OSD Mr. Anand brought them to Chennai and gave them two tickets for the special train. 21-year Doyel and her cousin brother Subrata, after much ordeal boarded the train in Chennai on Wednesday night. Confirming this news, MP Silchar Dr. Rajdeep Roy gave a thanksgiving message to the Assam House Officials in Chennai on his Facebook wall. He wrote, “Dt. 13th May 2020…Finally Doyel Naug along with her brother boards the train from Chennai. Thanks to the administration & the Resident Commissioner, Assam House, Chennai Mr. Anand for the selfless effort in this pandemic situation.”
Doyel too wrote on her Facebook wall on Wednesday night, “Boarded train from Chennai. Hoping to return soon. Thank you each and everyone for all you efforts and kind attention. I cannot repay the debt, but I’m surely gonna remember this unconditional support, assistance along with guidance for the rest of my days.”
