KOLKATA: It was all in a day's ride for Mamata Banerjee. But for 26-year-old autorickshaw driver Dipak Haldar, it was a day never to be forgotten.
Caught in a traffic jam due to a Muharram procession, the railway minister decided to get out of her car and walk it on Monday evening, rather than be late for her flight to Delhi. Dipak, a regular on VIP Road, was at the right place at the right time and found himself giving a lift to a VVIP. The feel-good story has a twist in the tail, though.
Mamata's efforts notwithstanding, she still had to wait for about an hour at the airport — the flight was delayed because the pilot was stuck in the same bumper-to-bumper jam.
The real gainer of the evening was Dipak. Not only did he have a story to tell his grandchildren, he also ended up Rs 500 richer for a 1-km trip.
"I have never had so many people, including policemen, telling me to drive carefully," the auto driver said, when TOI tracked him down.
The flight was delayed as flight commander Priya Gill was among the thousands caught in the jam. The flight, with 165 passengers, took off 55 minutes behind schedule.
Source:TIMES OF INDIA
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