Pune: Food delivery executive stuck in travel pass tangle

Mihir Tanksale | TNN | Updated: Apr 22, 2020, 11:05 IST

Naseem Shah has been working as a food delivery executive in Bavdhan for several years

PUNE: For food delivery executive Naseem Shah, the simple job has become akin to taking a walk on the wild side ever since the curfew was imposed in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.
Shah holds a pass issued by the Pune police but his work area is at Bavdhan, under the jurisdiction of the Pimpri Chinchwad police commissionerate. At Bavdhan, the pass is of no use to Shah anymore.
Stuck in the conundrum, Shah’s daily earning are getting affected. “Since the lockdown, I have been working in Bavdhan everyday but I did not face any problem. Since Monday, however, the officers have started asking for the pass required for the Pimpri Chinchwad area,” Shah said.
Assistant commissioner R R Patil of the Pimpri Chinchwad police explained that the police have stopped issuing passes. “Now, all passes are being issued by the municipal corporation,” Patil said.
Shah, a Bopodi resident, has been working as a food delivery executive in Bavdhan for several years. “I chose Bavdhan because I had worked there with a courier company and I know the area,” Shah said.