Pune.....City of joy....!!!!
I knw ...i knw.....fr vannakam people its chennai...fr satsriyakal people it may change to bhatinda or Chandigarh... but something was der in this city which was thrilling for me..during my job...i was handling 580Rkm railway track...and during winter period...i faced one mega block near lonavala.....i know..u must be remembering the test of lonavla chikki....but that night was not testy for me...it was more like i was at haunted place near lonavala...ON DAT NIGHT........
As a heavy trafic on railway routes,our block time was arranged in between midnight 2 to morning 5..this was my 17 or 18 block of that year...but this was very challenging for me.....i left my pune office at noon 12 n went their with One my "Bharat sarkar" taged sumo and one indica for workers.. my team was of 9 people including supervisor,engineer,technician etc. .even though i was with limited manforce..with limited lightsource..in horrible mountain area and not even single house in the diameter of 2km...but still i was confident about work...
In eveing we planned work and i submitted report to mumbai office about all we are set for block..n got permission from headoffice...at night my team started preparation of work..it was dark night...just to take some rest i left d spot n sat into sumo..it was almost 2 km from the spot..then at night arround at 9 i called driver n said,
"lets go,its 9 we all take first dinner n will do the rest work"
then he calld evryone..except supervisor, everyone responded..aftr 10 mins..2 people came to me...n i said driver to take indica n will go first n order food fr all..as i said he started indica...we just left our spot and came to express way...i again called supervisor.... a....n.....d......next hour was one of the horrible moment of my life.......he immediatly pickd my cal......n
I asked him.."hey,wer r u,com to hotel,will hav some food then you can start your work...""""
He replied."i m in indica only"""
Believe me i was almost lost that time..i was totally shocked..i asked him..".r u drunk..?" He was nt....
Then for my confirmation i askd driver,"i m in indica o sumo?"he said calmly "indica...!"
Again i askd supervisor "wer d hell r u?i m in indica"....n suddenly he cried out.."i don't know wer i m exactly" without wasting a sec.i turned my car..in dat winter night i was totally wet... my body was almost shivering...but calmly i was talking with him,his response was getting lower n lower...suddenly i saw green signal at nearest station....i askd him again -he was at unknown place,may be 100 mtr far from me on may be 3000 mtrs from me...without battery... alone..with uncontrled brain......
I told him to keep out of trackside...n i was almost running on track side...every 20 sec he was telling me jus 100 meters frm u..as i see light of ur battry....i was running alone now..evryone was scared to walk dat 100 meters to find him..during dat tym 2 trains passed from me..almost 15 mins i traveled dat whole 3 km area...but still he was telling me jus 100 mtrs nt much far...my all team members were scared that tym...finally i sat their....supervisor was still crying, for a moment he replied-
"omkar sir m died now...u go back n save urself"
I was almost lost...then suddenly saw one more train is coming...i took my headphone n said my supervisor to keep calm...the train passed me n fully concentrated on headphon...my heart was stopped bitting....my mind,my blood,my breathing.. evry..everything was concentrated on headphone..it was stupidity in me to locatin him with help of headphone..i made sm calculation in mind n started running. Backside.n aftr 300 mtrs...i told ppl to search in dat 200 mtrs diameter.... n der he was........!!!!
Huuh.......i saw happiness ,saw his blinking eyes..
I don't why dis was happnd...wht kind of stress he was suffering from but...surly it was his minds game...
But that extra meter story gave me lots of lessons and lots of courage to face problems....because his wishes will be with me which are enough for me to live my life ......!!!!
But
""""""whatt if i was not dared that night to walk by listening him... his 100 meters....!!!!"""""
i took decision right der n told headoffice m canceling the block...n without knowing the reply i left d place...,!!!
