As many as 247 missing and runaway children, and child beggars have so far been rescued from the railway stations and from running trains in the Vijayawada Division this year.
“The children have been rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the South Central Railway (SCR), in association with the NGOs,” Divisional Railway Manager Narendra A. Patil has said.
“Teams led by Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Valleswar B. Thokala conducted raids and rescued the minors found moving on the railway premises,” Mr. Patil told The Hindu.
