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On his birthday, Aaditya Thackeray gives Navi Mumbai man Rs 1 lakh for newborn’s heart treatment – Mumbai Mirror

Mumbai:Shiv Sena scion and Maharashtra cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray, who turned 30 on Saturday, helped a man in need by giving him Rs 1 lakh for the treatment of his newborn baby.

According to Yuva Sena officials, the six-day-old child was born in Navi Mumbai’s Airoli municipal hospital with three heart blockages and was later shifted to Fortis Hospital in Mulund due to the serious heart condition.

As soon as Yuva Sena functionaries Rahul Kanal and Hussain Shah came to know of the baby’s plight, they brought it to the notice of Thackeray, who heads Sena’s youth wing, along with being the Tourism Minister of Maharashtra.

Without wasting any time, Thackeray extended help of Rs 1 lakh to the child’s father Abdul Ansari and assured him that all the medical expenses would be taken care of by the officials.

On Friday, Aaditya announced that he will not be celebrating his birthday this year due to the coronavirus crisis in the state and the country. He also urged his followers and well-wishers to not spend on hoardings, garlands, cake, and utilise that amount for those affected due to COVID-19.

“Or else, donate that amount to CM Relief Fund. That will really make me happy,” he wrote.

He added that he hopes to continue receiving the love and blessings that the people have showered upon him until now and urged everyone to follow the precautionary measures laid out by the government to come out of this crisis as soon as possible.

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Migrants walk home

Their journey is long, unpredictable and severely compounded by endless problems. They have no money in their pockets, they are out of jobs in a city that was supposed to feed them and they have families that rely on them for their well-being. Migrant workers in big cities are getting crushed from multiple sides – caught in the endless cycle that has now seen thousands of them take to the highways on foot, short on hope, short on money, with nothing but the clothes on their back. The baggage they carry, both emotional and physical is a burden that’s on all our consciences as the megapolis they built, let them down. Photo by Sachin Haralkar/ MMCL

Shelter from the harsh sun

In many of their impassioned appeals, migrant workers on the highway who are walking home have said they are tired of waiting for the trains to come and take them home. They have already been patient enough for 2 months but now it’s not just patience that has run thin, but food, shelter and money as well. “The virus may not kill us but hunger will,” said one migrant worker to Mirror as he made his way in the dead of the night along the Mumbai-Nashik highway. He was heading to Bihar, over 1700 kilometres away. Photo by Sachin Haralkar/ MMCL

The long wait to get home

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Desperate to get home

CM Uddhav Thackeray said that as many as 5 lakh migrants had returned home safely from Maharashtra. But there are many others who continue to walk on highways hoping they can cross state borders and get closer to their homes. If they have money, they try to negotiate with truck drivers. Some migrant workers walking home said truckers were asking for as much as Rs 6000 per head to take them to Jharkhand, over 1700 km away. Photo by Satyajit Desai/ MMCL

Indoors, all day long

It’s been over two months since Maharashtra has been in lockdown. What started in mid-March has slowly taken the shape of red, orange and green zones in the state where the numbers continue to show an upward trend. Caught in the lockdown, just like everyone else, are children – some who are tired of sitting at home and some who have no option but to walk along the highways with their parents, trying to make their way home. Photo by Sachin Haralkar/ MMCL

Innocence and endurance

Children are no longer an unusual sight on highways where they accompany their parents on the long walk home. They are tired, hungry and often too exhausted to carry on as the harsh summer sun saps their energy. Mirror has come across children as young as three and four months old who are on the highway with their families, trying to get home. Photo by Sachin Haralkar/ MMCL

Staring at uncertain times

In the midst of the migrant crisis, hardly anyone is talking of the children of migrant workers, who have become the collateral casualties of the pandemic. They have been out of schools as their parents have lost work and savings. They are still on their way home but it’s not clear how or who has factored their childhood and recovery in the midst of all the economic packages and stimulus that have been announced. Photo by Satyajit Desai/ MMCL

Source: https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/on-his-birthday-aaditya-thackeray-gives-navi-mumbai-man-rs-1-lakh-for-newborns-heart-treatment/articleshow/76358242.cms