A 70-year-old woman, abandoned by her elder son, took shelter under a tree at the Bandra Terminus last week hoping to return to her home in Delhi once the trains resume, got the much-needed help from the railway officials, who not only arranged for her travel but provided food and shelter till her journey started.

Leelavati Dubey, a resident of Delhi, has been living with her younger son and her grandchildren since her husband's death in December. She came to Mumbai four months back to be with her son when he fell sick.