If only 746 km stretch of KR see 45 runaway kids per annum, I wonder what shall be the figure for 66000RKM odd IR network.
The runaway children should be much bigger a problem than it appears to be, at the national level.
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This problem must be tackled at national level on priority as many of these runaway kinds without any security...
more... of food/shelter/clothes, must be sent back to their homes or taken care of, so as to ensure they grow up into a responsible citizens. Else they may resort to stealing/ damaging railway properties, robbing/injuring paxs etc.