A 60-year-old fruit seller from Vasai is struggling to bring her son, who has been stuck at a drug rehabilitation centre due to non-payment of bills, back home. The woman said she has pleaded with several people for help to clear the dues of the facility, however, no one has been able to help her.

Shanti Gupta was already struggling to make the monthly payment of Rs 5,500 initially when she would sometimes loan money from her friends and relatives. However, the lockdown has hit everyone's income. Shanti had admitted her son Manoj Gupta, a drug addict, at Hope of Success Foundation in Virar in 2019. She says he has now recovered and wants to return home, but the dues have mounted to Rs 55,000 which she cannot afford.