Two of them found their way to different orphanages in Hyderabad, the youngest wandered the streets. “It was a twist of fate that did it,” said Hyderabad District Welfare Officer Akeshwar Rao, who played a key role in this incredible tale. Some photos of the fair were circulated among the orphanages and two girls, aged 12 and 14, told their caretakers that a girl in some of them resembled their lost sister,” Rao said. But all this while, the girl never mentioned having sisters or a family to the caretakers,’’ Rao said. And from the July drive, 144 children were reunited while 48 boys and two girls were admitted to government orphanages.

Source: Indian Express August 09, 2021 21:56 UTC