10-min delay saves the day for Buldhana’s Jain family

 

Time is money, it is said. But sometimes, lost time can save life. This has come true for Jain family of Buldhana city which escaped from a tragedy as they got late in starting out for their day’s tour in Pahalgam on Tuesday. Rishabh and Paras, sons of journalist Arun Jain from Buldhana, have accompanied Arun’s brother Nilesh Jain, who is a GST officer in Mumbai, his wife Shweta and daughter Anushka, to the trip to Jammu & Kashmir. The family had reached Pahalgam on April 21. On Tuesday they were supposed to visit the same spot where terrorists opened fire indiscriminately at the tourists.

 

However, the Jains got late in getting ready and by the time they were ready, the hotel owner and manager, forbade them from leaving as they had an inkling that something had gone wrong. The family stayed back and now is thanking its stars that the delay of just 10 minutes has saved the say for them. Meanwhile, the district administration has appealed people from the district who are stuck in Kashmir or there relatives here to contact the District Control Room, District Collector’s Office, Buldhana on Phone numbers 07262242683, 7020435954 or District Police Control Room on 07262 242400. The administration has also appealed tourists and their relatives in the district to contact District Collector's Office in Srinagar, Kashmiron 24/7 control room and help desk. They should contact the numbers 0194-2483651, 2457543.