kolkata a uk resident stuck in india because of the lockdown was able to fly back to london on sunday but she had to leave behind a piece of her heart a pup she picked up during her travelsfor now british national lauren nadin had to make do with a long tearful hug before leaving ksew dog in khasi at a dog creche in santragachhi howrah before leaving for the kolkata airport to catch a special flight back to london but the resident of leicester city has made arrangements for her beloved ksew to be flown back to the uk in threefour monthsand had it not been for subroto mukherjee kaustav roy and risha chatterjee she may have been forced to abandon her pet on the streets of kolkata i came across a facebook post by dog crche owner risha who stays near santragachi said mukherjee she wrote about about nadin who was unable to find a way to transport her pet to her creche i immediately got in touch with her and nadin told me she got all documents prepared to fly the puppy to the uk and how the lockdown had thwarted her at present any animal would have to remain in quarantine for three months before being allowed to enter a country there was no way she could extend her stay by three months he addednadin had picked up the pup in the northeast but even as she got paperwork ready to fly the dog back to the uk things went horribly wrong because of the lockdownand though she managed to contact chatterjee who agreed to take care of ksew for the next threefour months nadin was unable to procure a pass that would enable her to travel from her accommodation in new alipore to santragachi a vehicle had been provided by the british deputy high commission in kolkata to drive her to the airport for her flight at 330pm on sunday but it would not divert towards howrah i am an animal lover and amateur radio operator i am also a certified covid19 volunteer and member of the west bengal radio club wbrc both i and my friend and fellow ham operator kaustav roy have necessary permits and police passes to move around kolkata with necessary precautions for relief work kaustav and i picked up nadin from new alipore at 6am and reached rishas creche in 25 minutes after satisfying herself that ksew would be safe there nadin hugged him tearfully with a promise to meet after threefour months we will make arrangements to send ksew to the uk once the situation improves mukherjee saysthe duo then dropped nadin back to new alipore the last message mukherjee received from nadin was we are on our way to the airport i just want to say again thank you so much for your help you made a stressful day so much easier and now i can rest knowing puppy is safe wishing you the best and hope