During lockdown, he repairs spectacles at doorstep for free
The Hindu
Young Palakkad technician launches service after realising ‘how seriously important are glasses for constant users’
K.P. Mohammed Shibili, a 23-year-old optical technician from Poovakode, near Pattambi, has been busy ever since offering free repair of spectacles during the lockdown. On getting calls, he goes to houses and repairs spectacles. Mr. Shibili’s service, under the banner of the Santhwanam scheme run by the Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS), has become a hit. He got nearly 90 calls for help within five days of the launch, and he could attend to most of them. The lockdown confined Mr. Shibili, who used to work in an optical shop, to home from May 8. “I got a few personal calls for help during the lockdown and I realised how seriously important spectacles are for those who constantly wear them,” he said. “Then it dawned on me that I could do something useful for society.”
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