Coming to the aid of people who desperately need help . . .

These are times when people seek help, desperately. Because they may not source this easily elsewhere.

At Mylapore Times, we receive at least one request for information or advice or help every day and the newspaper’s team does what best it can.

Two days ago, a couple based now in Canada which had its parents living n Alwarpet and recently moved to Porur sought help.

They has lost their father and now, the mother who is about 70 was feeling lonely and the couple was to keen to get her out to Canada. They had booked flight tickets twice and the effort flopped.

Could we help with reliable info?

We got across to a Air India officer we knew and gave the couple some useful leads that he provided. Hopefully, something positive will happen after August 1 when Phase 5 of the Vande Bharat Mission rolls.

A neighbourhood newspaper often has to go beyond its call and these are times to do that.