VADODARA: This year’s
birthday for 15-year-old Aman Vania
was slightly different from the earlier razzmatazz that the celebration entails every year. But Aman nevertheless made the day special not just for him, but for 100 others too.
Seeing his mother give a facemask and a pair of
gloves
to the sanitary worker who comes to their house to pick up garbage, Aman, who recently took his Class X exams, started worrying about other sanitary workers who may not be able to afford the mask.
“A day before his birthday on April 27, Aman came to me and said that he wants all sanitary workers and vegetable
vendors
be given reusable face
masks
and hand gloves on his birthday,” said his father, V R Vania, an inspector at Laxmipura police station. “It was not possible to distribute masks in the entire city, but we decided to distribute masks and gloves in areas under my police station,” Vania added.
“I wanted to distribute the masks and gloves since it was my birthday, but I also didn’t want to violate the lockdown norms and so I did not go out and only asked my father to distribute my gifts,” said Aman.
The masks and gloves were distributed among sanitary workers, vegetable vendors and staff of Laxmipura police station. “We explained the vendors how deadly the virus is and how they could avoid spreading it as they could be potential carriers,” inspector Vania said.
The vendors were asked to take pledge that they will wear the masks and gloves daily and make sure that social distancing is maintained around their cart.
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