Dramatic headlines shout today’s partial resumption of service on India’s gargantuan railway system, eerily dormant for 2 months.
Exempted from curfew, Butterflies staff kept Nizamuddin Railway CHILDLINE operating 24/7 during lockdown, tracking lost and missing kids as well as youth workers stranded when the trains stopped. Mobile phones, computer files, police records and old fashioned ledgers are tools leveraged with the ultimate goal of reuniting children with families.