Udupi : Children’s favorite ‘Traffic Sahib’. T S Aboobaker breathed his last at his residence Honnale on Friday June 23.
Aboobaker by profession cushion worker since the last many years at Kadiyali. He used to stop his work in the morning and again in the evening, to help the children cross the road between Kadiyali and Kalsanka.
He not trained as a traffic cop, in an social initiative of helping students by his work. He served in this position for decades as free service.
The children used to call him as ‘Traffic Sahib’. For his service several organizations and institutions had felicitated and honoured him.
The police department also given him special powers to control traffic at Kadiyali Junction. The late Dr V S Acharya, had even presented him with a traffic uniform.
His health suddenly deteriorated on Thursday night and breathed his last at his residence near Indiranagara school Honnale.