Kanpur, Feb. 28 -- Gaurav Sahu, the 30-year-old auto driver who was declared "dead" in official records after lending his Aadhaar card to help a patient, is alive again, officially.

His Aadhaar was reactivated on Friday, less than 72 hours after his ordeal was first reported. The sense of relief was overwhelming for him.

"I can't even describe how alive I feel right now. I checked my status online and it is activated," an elated Sahu said.

He credited the media coverage for the swift resolution. HT had highlighted his plight in its edition dated February 24.

"I can't thank your newspaper (HT) enough for becoming the voice of the voiceless. Work that would have taken a year was done in three days," he added.

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