From lifting weights and starting their own businesses to becoming influencers, there are a number of elderly people who proved that age is just a number.
Meet Harbans Singh, a centenarian from Moga, who pulls a cartload full of onions and potatoes to ensure his orphaned grandchildren get a proper education.
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He has been selling vegetables for the last four decades in Punjab’s Moga city.
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When his son passed away two years ago and his daughter-in-law had abandoned her children, he stepped up and started taking care of their children.
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However, the Punjab Government has now come to the rescue of the distressed family.
On Saturday, Punjab’s CM Captain Amarinder Singh took to his Twitter and announced financial assistance of ₹5 lakh for Harbans Singh and his grandchildren’s education.
Hats off to the grit of centenarian Harbans Singh of Moga, who has been earning a livelihood for himself and his orphaned grandchildren by selling vegetables. Have sanctioned Rs. 5 lakh as immediate financial assistance for him and for the education of his grandchildren. pic.twitter.com/fOcCTMoqjD
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) July 17, 2021
According to a report, Harbans Singh was taken to the deputy commissioner’s office where DC Sandeep Hans felicitated him.
When I met Harbans Singh, I saw he was a contented man with no demand and was only concerned about the education of grandchildren.
-DC Sandeep Hans
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According to another report, his family belonged to Lahore’s Sarai Thanewala village and migrated to India during the partition in 1947. He was around 27-year-old at that time.
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We totally salute this amazing gesture by Punjab Government.