At a time when the entire State machinery is engaged in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) has risen to the occasion to take care of a destitute person, thanks to the photograph clicked by The Hindu photographer that has gone viral on Twitter and Instagram.
The photograph clicked by K.R. Deepak on Thursday showed a middle-aged destitute person, who is followed by a stray dog, trying to drag himself across the road near the Asilmetta junction in search of food.
The photograph caught the attention of MEPMA Mission Director G.S. Naveen Kumar, who immediately alerted Y. Srinivasa Rao, MEPMA Project Director, GVMC, and V. Nagaraju, District Mission Coordinator.
Shifted to ward
The MEPMA team rushed to the spot by evening and provided him food and clothing. “Since the man is suffering from cold, we have shifted him to the COVID-19 isolation ward in the Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases for treatment and clinical test,” said Dr. Srinivasa Rao.