Railway Protection Force (RPF) rescued 477 runaway kids from railway platforms at stations on Central Railway throughout Maharashtra over the last seven months and reunited them with their dad and mom. As in keeping with statistics shared with the aid of using Central Railways, the ones rescued encompass 310 boys and 167 girls and had been reunited with their guardians with the assist of non-governmental companies like Childline.
"Most of those youngsters got here to the railway stations without informing their households because of a few combat or a few own circles of relatives troubles or looking for higher existence or glamour. They had been determined loitering at the structures or close to the railway stations with the aid of using educated RPF employees or occasionally in trains also.
Many of the dad and mom specific their deep gratitude and thankfulness for this noble provider of the Railways," study the statement. These youngsters had been rescued over the duration of January to July 2021 from Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Pune and Solapur divisions of Central Railways.
Central Railways shared an incident wherein a 17 year-old-girl of Patna, who had run from her home to make a profession in modelling and acting in Mumbai without informing anyone, was rescued. In another incident, a 14 year-old-girl, who ran from her home in Telangana after being scolded by her mother, was rescued.