Chandigarh (PTI) : A group of slum children from Gurgaon will share a ride in Rapid Metro Rail with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tomorrow.
Jyoti Bainda, Chairperson, Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (HSPCR), said today the Commission has arranged the metro ride for 30 slum children with the chief minister.
She said it would be the first ever ride of the slum children on a train.
The Rapid Metro Rail project will be inaugurated by Khattar at Rapid Metro Station, Sector 55-56, Gurgaon tomorrow.
“The chief minister will also interact with women village heads (sarpanch), who will also be travelling with him on the metro. He would discuss issues regarding strengthening of Panchayati Raj institutions and take feedback from them,” said an official release.