“It’s Suffocating”: Zomato Delivery Agent’s ₹500 Room Tour in Mumbai Slum Goes Viral, Inspiring Generosity from Viewers
"It’s Suffocating": Zomato Delivery Agent's ₹500 Room Tour in Mumbai Slum Goes Viral, Inspiring Generosity from Viewers
This has touched millions of viewers, with one person even coming forward to pay his rent for the next three months.
Date: July 24, 2024
An aspiring singer and a state-level football player, who works as a Zomato delivery agent, has grabbed headlines after he showed his humble accommodation in a Mumbai slum.
Pranjoy Borgoyary moved out of his home in Northeast India to work as a delivery driver in Mumbai. He now lives in a shared accommodation in a slum.
Taking it to Instagram, Borgoyary shared a video giving a tour of his small room, which he shares with another person. The room can be reached through a very narrow street – so narrow, in fact, that the Zomato agent was forced to move sideways. “It’s suffocating,” he said in the video.
This has touched millions of viewers, with one person even coming forward to pay his rent for the next three months.
X user Khushi, who came across the post, was so touched that she paid ₹1,500 as three months’ rent for Borgoyary. She clarified that the Zomato agent never asked for help and she offered of her own accord.
saw someone’s reel that their rent for a slum in Mumbai was ₹500 so I paid their 3 months ka rent pls I was going to cry
— Khushi (@khushi218) July 23, 2024
At the end of the street, an equally narrow iron staircase leads up to the small room, for which Borgoyary pays ₹500 a month.
With stained walls and every square inch of the room covered with clothes, and a kitten sitting in one corner, it is clear that space is a luxury in Mumbai.
Many netizens have praised the Zomato delivery driver for working hard despite health setbacks, and others were stunned by the room.
“They’re taking care of a kitten as well. There is no dearth of kindness,” wrote one person on Instagram. “Struggle is real. God bless,” said another.
“Good wishes to you on getting something big and moving out to a much better place than this!” a third Instagram user commented.
Many also said that he should try modelling and look like a Kpop idol.
