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    Teen tweets about Zomato agent braving 40-degree heat to deliver food on bicycle, Internet raises money for new bike in 24 hrs

    Synopsis

    The man was a teacher before pandemic cost him his job. To make ends meet, Meena started working as a delivery executive.

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    After Meena lost his job as a teacher, he started working with Zomato, where he has been delivering food for four months and earns roughly around Rs 10,000 a month with this job.
    The power of the Internet never fails to mesmerise us. Internet has often brought people together in unity to help those in need, and this story is about a similar inspiring incident.

    An 18-year-old boy from Rajasthan had on April 11 shook Twitter when he shared the story of a Zomato delivery executive who delivered his food on time despite scorching heat and hot weather while riding on his bicycle.

    During the conversation with Zomato executive, the boy, Aditya Sharma, found out that the man was a teacher and started delivering food after he lost his job in the pandemic.

    Since Durga Meena could not afford a bike, he delivered food on his bicycle, irrespective of the weather. So in order to help Meena, Sharma took to Twitter to raise money for his bike through crowdfunding and the Internet delivered!

    In a recent update, Sharma revealed that he was able to raise around Rs 75,000 for Meena's bike in just 24 hours of sharing the story.

    Also read: This Tamil Nadu techie turns delivery executive for Zomato, ends up learning the most valuable lesson of his life

    In the video shared on Twitter, Meena and Sharma are seen scanning through the bike in the showroom as the Zomato executive quizzes sales executive about the machine's mileage as they purchase a bike of their choosing.

    "All thanks to you guys. He was emotional during buying bike," Sharma wrote on Twitter.


    42 Degrees Celsius, A Bicycle And Man Delivering Food

    Meena, 31, who has a bachelor's in Bcom, was in teaching profession for last 12 years before pandemic cost him his job. To make a living, Meena started working with Zomato, where he has been delivering food for four months now and earns roughly around Rs 10,000 a month with this job.

    During his conversation with Sharma, the 31-year-old revealed that he is well-versed with English and the Internet but has no money to afford a laptop, which would be helpful for him so he can teach students online.


    When asked about how many deliveries he does in a day, Meena said close to 10-12 but he barely gets any time to breathe. That's when he expressed his desire of getting a bike, which would help him with his job as a delivery executive for Zomato.

    "Sir if you can manage my down payment, I will pay my EMI myself and I will return your down payment within 4 months with interest," Meena told Sharma, to which the 18-year-old turned to his Twitter account and decided to share the 31-year-old's story and ask for Internet's help in raising funds for a bike.

    Well, such stories really do restore our faith in humanity.

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