A Platform school at Mumbra railway station, started by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) with an aim to provide free education to street kids, has given 35 such children from the area a new life. Almost after a month of attending classes, they now want get an education so that they can stop begging for a living.

According to sources, volunteers from the area teach the kids for two hours every day, from 12-2pm. The children, who were previously seen begging inside trains or loitering on the platforms, are now learning to write and draw.