Sunday 10 December 2017

This part of digital India yet to see a government bus 
Hundreds of children lined up for their evaluation at the National children science congress held in Chennai last week.
Mosquito coils made of nochi leaves, solar powered agri vehicles, cost effective easy walker for differently abled children  and many more.
One group of tribal children from Andhiyur forest caught my attention. They presented a paper on how lack of government bus service has forced each villager to pay Rs.100 a day to private van service.
These kids calculated how much would it cost for an year for villagers to travel the 60 kms distance in a year. They found out that would be around Rs. ONE CRORE.
I hope these kids would be rewarded for their work. They spent a week in counting people who opt for private van and calculating fares.

Story link: http://www.bbc.com/tamil/india-42294005