Lockdown: Four-year-old re-united with parents after a month

Wayanad (Ker) Apr 26 (): A four-year-old Keralite boy,who was forced to be away from his parents for over a monthdue to the lockdown, was re-united, thanks to the interventionof firefighters.

After the boy's father, an electrician,was asked to goon home quarantine in mid March,theparents--Sajith andVishnupriya from Kambalakad at nearby Kalpetta --shifted theirson to a relative's house at Shoranur in Palakkad district.

Sajith was working at Payyannur in Kannur, and a COVID-19case was reported in that area in mid-March, following whichhe was asked to go on quarantine.

By the timeSajithcompleted his manfatoryquarantine,the lockdown came into force, due to which theparents wereunable to bring their child back.

The couple approached the Kalpetta MLA C K Saseendranforhelp and the legislator got in touch with Wayanad collector DrAdeela Abdulla, who intervened to reunite the child with hisparents.

Two fire and rescue officialsfrom Palakkad Anup andSantosh picked up the boy and his uncle in their vehicle fromShoranur on Fridaymorning,broghthim to Kozhikodeand handedhim over to their counterparts in Kalpetta.

The child was then taken to his parents inWayanad.

"The boy was brought in a Fire Force vehicle fromShoranur to kozhikode from where our team went and brought himhere and handed over to his parents by noon, K M Jomy,Station Officer, Fire & Rescue, Kalpetta, said. COR UD APR RAVINDRANATH RAVINDRANATH