A 38-year-old man carried his son on a bicycle for nearly 105 kilometre to ensure he does not miss Class 10 board's supplementary exam in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district. Shobhram peddled the cycle from his village Baydipur in Manawar tehsil of Dhar district to reach the exam centre in Dhar town as no public transport was available due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The Class 10th boards supplementary exams are being conducted under the Madhya Pradesh government's "Ruk Jana Nahin" scheme. Dhar District Collector Alok Kumar Singh said had the man informed the authorities, travel arrangements would have been made for the candidate. "Shobharam ji travelled a distance of 105 km on cycle in 8 hours to get his son to the examination centre.

Source: dna August 19, 2020 18:00 UTC