We city dwellers have a romantic view of a villager’s life: greenery all around, no pollution, no traffic, no Tv etc. Chon is around 70 kms from Thane. In fact, Badlapur, the nearest railway station is just 10kms from the village but the life comes to a standstill once the sun goes down. There is greenery around, hardly any pollution but life is very hard. Baku, my caretaker, who lives on my plot, told me that his wife has not keeping well. Gita had temperature in the night but Baku could not take her to the doctor because the last bus leaves Chon at 5pm only to resume the next service at 9am.
“Auto rickshaw bhi nahi hai,” he said.
Thankfully I had tablets of Crocin with me which I handed to him.
I got the taste of village life when I left my farm one Sunday hoping I will get the 5pm bus. Having waited for over 40 minutes I started walking. Five kms. later I was lucky to get a ride in someone’ s bike. Next Sunday the bus driver told me that the bus was cancelled because there were not enough passengers. In fact, lot my villagers from Chon and Rhatoli have taken up residence in Badlapur and Ambarnath as the ST bus service is very erratic.
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