New Delhi: Sometimes a tweet can work wonders! It surely did for a Kerala based auto rickshaw driver.
On March 19, Mumbai's Anil Panicker tweeted a picture of an auto rikshaw that looked like Mahindra's iconic Scorpio SUV. The auto rikshaw driver had modified it to look like Scorpio.
@anandmahindra .image shows how the scorpio design turned generic and popular among Indian roads. This mans way of "dream big" pic.twitter.com/jMoJiB5gGs
— Anil Panicker (@AnilPanicker3) March 19, 2017
Panicker had tagged Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra in the tweet. To this Mahindra promptly responded and expressed his wish to exchange the auto rikshaw for a four-wheeler.
Iconic. A way to 'Rise.' Thanks for sharing this.Can you help locate him? I'd like to buy it for our museum & give him 4 wheels in return.. https://t.co/uwQ5wYcDpW
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 19, 2017
True to his words, the Mahindra group successfully tracked down the rikshaw driver and exchanged his autorikshaw for a brand new four-wheeler. Mahindra tweeted:
Remember this request?Our team managed to locate him! And we acquired the 3 wheeler from him..Gave him a 4 wheeler in return (1/2) https://t.co/mJ7tDdRhTQ
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 3, 2017
He also shared the picture of the autorikshaw driver in his tweet:
Here's Sunil, the proud owner of the 3 wheeler 'Scorpio', now a happy owner of a 4 wheeler. All thanks to you twitterati! (2/2) pic.twitter.com/5nb12j2dnj
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 3, 2017