She Arrived in Chennai by Mistake. How Strangers Helped.

 

R Swathi and her mother were to be at the Anna Arangam Tamil Nadu Agriculture University in Coimbatore on August 8,2015  for a counseling session ahead of the admissions process. However, she and her mother landed up at Anna University in Chennai by mistake.

It was only when the mother and daughter duo asked passers-by and people out on their morning walk for directions that they realized they were in the wrong city.

Mother and daughter had given up hope of making it to the counselling session in time.

 However, help came in the unexpected form of the morning walkers. Flight tickets, conveyance and even breakfast were arranged for the women a group called 'Twalkers', who shared the cost of the plane tickets - Rs. 10,500 - between them.

"The sponsor of the flight tickets transported them by 8:15 am to board the 10:05 am Coimbatore flight. Arrangements were made to pick them up at Coimbatore airport at 11:40 am by car. They reached the University counseling by 12:15 pm,"

Twalkers' had also spoken to the registrar of the college about the incident who made sure Swathi got a fair chance at her counseling session. She was subsequently offered admission to the college