DAVANAGERE: It was a happy reunion for a beggar woman and her daughter, after 12 long years. On Sunday, Kali Bai from Davanagere hit headlines when it was discovered that she had hidden a bag containing coins amounting to Rs 31,200 in a dustbin. The bag was unearthed during a civic cleanliness drive.
As the news was flashed in the media, Kali Bai's daughter Lalithamma came to know of her mother's whereabouts and rushed to take her back home. After the marriage of her daughter, Kali Bai, a widow, found herself alone and practically on the streets. Lalithamma had settled down at Mandagadde in Theerthahalli taluk of Shimoga district along with her husband, Laxman Naik. Both are daily wage workers.
Kali Bai had meanwhile left her native in Laxmipura tanda in Harappanahalli taluk of Davanagere district and taken up begging to survive. She lost touch with her daughter for almost 12 years. On Monday evening, Lalithamma, her husband and son met Gangamma, the superintendent of the rehabilitation centre, where Kali Bai was sheltered. She said she had no information about her mother all these years and wanted to take her back home and care for her. Kali Bai too expressed her desire to go with her daughter.
Davanagere tahasildar Manjunath Bellary said that he had spoken to Theerthahalli tahsildar to have a bank account opened in Kali Bai's name in her daughter's village so that the money could be safely deposited in it for her personal use. On Tuesday afternoon, Kali Bai was given a warm send-off from the centre.
As the news was flashed in the media, Kali Bai's daughter Lalithamma came to know of her mother's whereabouts and rushed to take her back home. After the marriage of her daughter, Kali Bai, a widow, found herself alone and practically on the streets. Lalithamma had settled down at Mandagadde in Theerthahalli taluk of Shimoga district along with her husband, Laxman Naik. Both are daily wage workers.
Kali Bai had meanwhile left her native in Laxmipura tanda in Harappanahalli taluk of Davanagere district and taken up begging to survive. She lost touch with her daughter for almost 12 years. On Monday evening, Lalithamma, her husband and son met Gangamma, the superintendent of the rehabilitation centre, where Kali Bai was sheltered. She said she had no information about her mother all these years and wanted to take her back home and care for her. Kali Bai too expressed her desire to go with her daughter.
Davanagere tahasildar Manjunath Bellary said that he had spoken to Theerthahalli tahsildar to have a bank account opened in Kali Bai's name in her daughter's village so that the money could be safely deposited in it for her personal use. On Tuesday afternoon, Kali Bai was given a warm send-off from the centre.
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