For making the Indian economy better and for driving away corruption and black money, Narendra Modi announced demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes from today. Although this is a very good move, this “All of a sudden” announcement has caused a lot of chaos. Common people are the first ones to get affected by this announcement.
Since the notes are banned from today, and since banks and ATMs are closed, people hardly have money to spend. I mean, it is very difficult to have Rs 50, or Rs 100 notes handy, isn’t it?
Be it vegetable sellers, medical stores, rickshawalas, Taxi drivers, shopkeepers, no one is accepting these notes, thereby making things all the more difficult.
Amidst all this, a resident of Delhi named Viplav Arora, has shared an incident of an Ola driver and it is winning the internet. What happened was that he took an Ola cab from his home to the railway station, and he was completely unaware of this note ban.
He had all 500 Rs notes in his wallet, and later, when the Ola driver informed him about the ban, he had no option but to pay him through Ola money. Sadly, the total bill amount was more than the money he had in “Ola Money”. Viplav was in a fix as to how to pay him the remaining amount, as all banks and ATMs were closed.
Now, the driver Vipin Kumar gave him such a reply that literally won his heart. He shared this incident on Facebook and it is surely quite heart-warming;
Booked an ola from home to railway station today. Unfortunately I had all 500 notes in my wallet at that time and I was totally aware of scrapping of Rs. 500 & Rs. 1000 currency, so decided to pay via Ola money.
But somehow my bill for ride was little over the amount I had in ola money and rest of amount I was supposed to pay to driver in cash.
No ATM’s were working and for sure nobody would give you change against 500 note.
Reply of driver at that time not only earns respect for himself but also I am writing this post because of that.
He replied-
” Sir baaki k paise rehne dijiye , do paise kam kama lenge ,thodi si takleef hogi or vo to sab ko ho rhi hai, ab sarkaar ke faisley ka samaan krte hue , desh ki tarakki me ye hamara yogdaan hi samjh lenge. Aap befikr hokar apni train lijiye.”
Salute to that driver #vipinkumar and he proved the PM Modi quote in which he said – Common man of India always ready to face hardship in country’s interest.
#oladriver #appreciation #respect
Here’s his original Facebook post;
This is surely heart-warming isn’t it? If every citizen thinks like this, India would reach new heights!
