Rain wrecks children’s bus trip

Week-long child rights awareness campaign under way

Rain played havoc with Childline Kochi’s child rights awareness campaign programme organised in association with Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Tuesday.

A proposed trip with school children aboard a KSRTC bus, named ‘Aanavandiyil oru Kutty yathra’, had to be called off owing to a heavy spell of shower in the morning. KSRTC had allotted a bus for the purpose.

“We had planned to bring in school students but had to call it off because of heavy rain. Instead, the programme was reduced to distribution of pamphlets on child rights, sweets, and balloons to passengers at South KSRTC depot by our staff,” said Arun Thankachan, Childline district coordinator.