Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray come together for their teacher

The Thackeray cousins keeping their political differences at bay joined hands to quickly send help to the old age home in Vasai and received the blessings of their school teacher who had sent out an SOS call midday had brought to light the plight of the inmates of New Life Foundation which was destroyed by cyclone Tauktae last weekRelief materials arrive at the New Life Foundation in VasaiTruckloads of relief material including bricks cement bags asbestos sheets mattresses mosquito nets bed sheets pillow iron angles and also dry ration and first aid kits reached the New Life Foundation on Thursday morning The retired school teacher Suman Randive thanked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj ThackerayldquoUddhav and Raj called me I felt so good They had promised to help and they sent truckloads of relief material to revamp this old age home where I am staying They have promised me that they will visit me soon here May God bless themrdquo she said while speaking to midday ldquoThank you beta Uddhav and Rajrdquo she addedAlso Read Uddhav Thackerayrsquos teacher sends SOS to CM after cyclone TauktaeThe youth wings of both Shiv Sena and MNS had jumped to action after reading middayrsquos first report on May 26 Yuva Sena Core Committee Member Rahul Kanal said ldquoThe chief minister and his son Aaditya have told me to extend all the possible help middayrsquos story touched our hearts and we swiftly acted to assist with all the relief material we could send at the earliestrdquoRaw material arrivesldquoThe old age home owner Rajesh Moro wants to concretise the roof so adequate raw material has been sent to them I visited the old age home and met the teacher She was very happy to see us and showered us with her blessings It gave me satisfaction to see the smile on her facerdquo said Kanal He also handed over a cheque to Moro for the labour cost of the repair workldquoWe are also planning to give them a few wheelchairs During my visit I noticed that most of the inmates are unable to stand properly while others need the help of walkersrdquo he addedPalghar and Thane district president of MNS Avinash Jadhav also visited the shelter home on Thursday ldquoOur party president Raj Thackeray has sent me here after the tearful story on his school teacher was published in midday He has told me to help the old age home with the repairs with all the relief material requiredrdquoSearch for temporary shelterldquoWe have decided to shift all the 29 elderly inmates to a safer shelter with air conditioning facility so that the repair work can be expeditedrdquo Jadhav said We are in touch with government bodies to decide on the place for the inmates We will also arrange nutritious food for themrdquo he addedldquoRandive marsquoam has taught our political guru Raj So this is the least we can give her in return as lsquoguru dakshinarsquordquo Jadhav saidMNS youth wing vice president Akhil Chitre has gifted three cans of 12litre compressed oxygen to Moro during his visitA medical team tests inmates for Covid19 on Thursday PicsHanif PatelThe proprietor of S R Dalvi Foundation which works for the welfare of teachers in the state also visited the spot and donated Rs 150 lakh to the New Life Foundation ldquoWe reached here after reading a cover page story in middayrdquo said Ramchandra DalviVasai Taluka tehsildar Ujwala Bhagat sent 50 sheets of asbestos on Thursday said Moro adding that ldquoShubham Sarvankar from Bandrekarwadi Mitra Mandal in Jogeshwari East has sent us iron angles to install asbestos sheetsrdquoInmates get indoor gamesVasaibased NGO Samadhan Foundation has given indoor games like carrom board chess and ludo We are also planning to send a refrigerator and a television set said its president Avinash KuseVasai subdivision officer Swapnil Tangade sent his medical team for the antigen test of all inmates and staff of the old age homeldquoA lot of people have come here after midday published their story So the risk of exposure to the virus is high as inmates are weak due to old agerdquo said Dr Rugved Dudhat medical officer at a government hospital in Agashi in Virar West Dudhat and his medical team members including Dr Chetna Mandot conducted the test and everyone was found safe Before heading back the medical team gave 10 litres of hand sanitisers and 200 masksRelief sent by CMRelief material sent by CM Uddhav Thackeray includes 320 bags of cement 20000 bricks 100 kg rice 100 kg atta 100 kg onion 100 kg potato 100 kg tea 100 litres oil 50 kg sugar 50 kg dal 50 mosquito nets 50 mattresses 50 bed sheets 50 pillows and 100 kg fruits