Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a prominent NGO 'Project Mumbai' has started a unique drive to help people cope with their worries by conducting free counselling sessions on call. The pan-India counselling service launched on Friday, has been specifically curated for parents of children with disabilities. The phone lines are open from 8 am to 8 pm, seven days a week, and parents can dial in and share their fears or queries with experts.

"We have 50 counsellors from across India volunteering in this initiative", says Shishir Joshi, CEO and Co-Founder, Project Mumbai. "The service is available in eight languages and we are getting calls from across the country". Among the callers was a paraplegic person whose maid is unable to come to work due to the lockdown.