The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) along with NGO Samarth Bharat Vyaspeth initiated Signal School in 2016, for children who take to begging or hawking at the signal. Now I have a job in hand, and won’t have sell flowers on the streets,” said Kale. His family includes his parents and two elder brothers, all of them sell flowers or eatables at various signals in the city. When the Signal School was launched, Kale was 18 years old, but he resumed his studies from class 8 onwards. He put in equal efforts in his engineering exams as well,” said Aarti Parab, a teacher, Signal School.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2020 16:52 UTC