Reports suggest that close to 1500 cases of children who, as per a UNICEF survey, were trafficked from only five blocks in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district alone, from 2012 to 2014.
A 2009-batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, Saurabh Kumar’s unique initiative is giving the conflict-ridden district of Dantewada a new lease of life.
The project, which will introduce public transport facility of e-rickshaws in the interior parts of the region, has roped in close to 200 self-help groups of whose members will be the drivers.
A centralized and transparent online system has helped Raipur weed corruption out its RTE implementation and has given poor children a fair chance at the opportunity of education.
The school, set up in 1918, was initially called the Government’s Daughters’ School admitting only girls. However, 98 years after, it has become a co-educational institution.