Sobbing child takes a backseat before duty

TNN | Apr 16, 2020, 04:07 IST

Kashmira works with RMC, while her husband Ashish with PGVCL

Rajkot: This heart-wrenching drama revisits the early mornings of this family of three. Every day when the parents of this two-year-old girl go out to work, her sobbing entreaties asking them not to leave her alone will perhaps melt even the most hardened heart.
But professional integrity keeps mother Kashmira Vadher and father Ashish Dodia get going as they know, the crucial times need their help and they cannot lax.
“Every day, when we have to leave home for our duties, we have to hide from her searching eyes. We cover our ears to muffle her wails while we drive to our workplaces. We too want to like all other parents who are at home with their children, but the call of duty is a stronger pull for both of us,” reasoned Vadher, an assistant manager with Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC). Vadher is tasked with paying visits to the people under home quarantine and ensure their presence at their residences. She also has additional responsibilities at the Corona Control Room s. “I have to work from 8.30am to 10 pm everyday,” she said.
“Our childf means the world to us. And so we want to make the world a safe place for all,” said Dodia, a junior assistant in PGVCL, who serves with the emergency control room of Rajkot rural circle of the firm. He is also involved in the distribution and delivery of essentials.
In fact, RMC Udit Aggarwal said, not only this couple who are setting great examples in loyalty and integrity, but there are many more staff in the corporation, whose excellence in duties have set a glittering example in professional principles.
“Vadher has also been carrying out additional tasks in the Corona Control Room with utmost seriousness. Both of them are doing a commendable job forgetting the comfort of home, their family, and trying to make the world safer for the people of Rajkot. I salute their endeavour,” Agrawal added.