It is a touching story that makes the headlines in India. A teenage girl transported her injured father on a 1200 km bicycle, in the middle of a coronavirus crisis. A feat noticed by the Indian Cycling Federation which offers him to do recruitment tests.
A demonstration of courage and tenacity in full containment. An Indian teenage girl from Bihar state transported her injured father by bicycle over 1,000 km. Her story has gone around the Indian media and she has been invited to take tests to join the national cycling team.
The young Jyoti Kumari, 15, managed to reach her native village of Darbhanga, in the state of Bihar, from the city of Gurgaon, near New Delhi. A journey of almost 1,200 km. Her father, Mohan Paswan, is a migrant worker, rickshaw driver (Indian tuk-tuk), ruined by coronavirus. Having been injured a few months earlier in a road accident, he could not travel alone. Jyoti therefore installed it on his luggage rack. A tiring journey, made without a dime and in just seven days, according to local media. On a used bike that the family bought with their last rupees.
Noticed by the cycling federation
This story highlights the great plight of millions of migrant workers in India, ruined by the containment put in place in March by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the spread of the coronavirus. All without any help from the state, including food. The selflessness of young Jyoti aroused the emotion of the Indian people and attracted the attention of the Indian Cycling Federation.
Unexpected reward, she was offered to try to integrate the national team. “She traveled this distance in seven days with her father and also some luggage. I think she has something in her (…), this level of endurance. We can test it,” explained the president of the federation. , Onkar Singh.
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