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Smart City Online Auto Association | Auto drivers work as social workers for needy people

The Smart City Online Auto Association in Bhubaneswar (SCOAA), Odisha where auto drivers with a cause double up as blood donors and ambulance drivers. Dinabandhu Nayak, the founder of SCOAA talked to India Narrative and said that “Today we are not seen as drivers but as social workers. Our members offer free rides to the specially abled and blind. Whenever we see any person with a disability, we do this. We also rush road accident victims in autos without waiting for an ambulance or police, to the nearest hospital, get the treatment started, contact cops and inform family members.” Nayak also disclosed that going beyond all this, the members are available 24×7 to donate blood.

IN Bureau

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