Ill health, old age not a deterrent! Loss of daughter turns mom into a ‘traffic cop’ in Ghaziabad
But
a
mom
who
faced
such
trauma
in
the
near
past
has
done
a
daring
act
to
ensure
that
others
don't
meet
the
same
fate.
Though
it
is
rarest
of
rare
example
in
today's
materialistic
age
where
one
do
everything
keeping
self
interest
in
the
mind.
But in Ghaziabad an aggrieved mother donned the role of traffic cop just to make sure that someone's dear ones do not have to go through the same pain.
She may not have authority like a traffic cop who can challan you but this 57-year-old Dorris Francis has this will power to help others. As a disciplined worker she is manning the traffic in the district. She has been doing this new found love since she lost her 17-year-old daughter, Niki, six years ago after a speeding car crashed into their autorickshaw at the same spot.
Imagine her rigorous routine as she does this role from 7am-10am every day. Though policemen claim that they look after the accident prone site but reports say that this is just a white lie. When one of the TOI reporter went their, he found only Dorris at the place no traffic cop at all.
Narrating about the November 2008 accident when she lost her daughter, Dorris as quoted by TOI said, "Niki was ill and we were returning from Delhi after a medical check-up. Just as we turned right towards Khoda, a speeding car hit us. All three of us had to be hospitalized after the accident. Niki sustained severe injuries to her lungs. She languished on a hospital bed for a year before dying of her injuries"
Report say that this site- a few hundred metres from UP gate is prone to the accident. The cut was illegally carved out by residents just to avoid long routes. Policemen claim that they at times tried to barricaded the place just to avoid untoward incident but each time local residents braked it down.
Reason may be anything but authorities could have acted in strong manner on the whole matter. But this is not a deterrent for this old traumatized lady. Imagine her brave act that in spite of her own ailments and old age she has been doing this. Her own husband who is diabetic patient is confined to home. But these things have not broken her spirit to help others. We all are really proud of her.