The initiative has been envisioned in collaboration with Petronet LNG Foundation and Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association Ernakulam District Committee and is expected to start its operations on February 1.
Maybe the memory of a childhood that was spent on the streets was still fresh in the mind of Murukan, who decided to help those who weren’t as fortunate as him to have a saviour angel in their lives.
The seaplane is fitted with the engine of a Maruti Omni car and has a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. This comes as an advantage, for regular boats cannot operate at such an elevated speed in the backwaters.
Born to Kochi residents, Mullaparambil Thomas Joseph and Chinnamma Joseph in 1976, Clint was named after the legendary actor and filmmaker, Clint Eastwood.
A chemical engineering student at Manipal Institute of Technology, Shreya Siddanagowda had received the arms from Sachin, a B.Com final year student of Ernakulam’s Rajagiri College.
After the intervention of Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, the boy and his mother received their visas and could travel to India for his treatment.
The Society for Rehabilitation of the Visually Challenged (SRVC) is the brainchild of like-minded people who came together to make a difference in the lives of the visually challenged.