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Boy, 10, reunited with parents at RRTS station
A 10-year-old boy who went missing at the Sahibabad Namo Bharat Station on Saturday night has been reunited with his parents. The boy had travelled independently to Muradnagar to visit Chhota Haridwar…
The Story in Brief
A 10-year-old boy who went missing at the Sahibabad Namo Bharat Station on Saturday night has been reunited with his parents. The boy had travelled independently to Muradnagar to visit Chhota Haridwar and was returning with his family when he accidentally got separated. He deboarded at Sahibabad instead of Anand Vihar where the rest of his family alighted.
Station staff spotted the child alone and alerted the Operations Control Centre, which coordinated with Anand Vihar staff to trace the parents. The boy was handed over after verification by Delhi Police. In a similar incident at Sarai Kale Khan in July, staff helped rescue a seven-year-old from a woman falsely claiming to be his mother.
The Indian Opinion
While some narratives paint Indian public transport as unsafe and unresponsive, this incident shows how quickly trained staff can act. The NCRTC coordination and police verification prevented a potential tragedy. But one successful reunion does not erase concerns about children travelling alone on high-speed trains. The real test will be whether the system logs and reduces such separations over time, and whether more stations adopt similar child-safety protocols.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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