When survival is a struggle, thinking of flying in an aeroplane would definitely be a dream. For 38 children from underprivileged tribal background it was like the dream come true when they took off for Delhi on Wednesday morning under ‘Flight of Fantasy’ initiative taken by Round Table India(RTI) in collaboration with BookASmile, the charity initiative of ticketing platform BookMyShow.
Early morning on Wednesday, a group of 41 members including 38 students and 3 members of RTI took a flight from Birsa Munda Airport Ranchi to Delhi by Indigo at 9:45am. The selected students who are aged under 18 come from rural areas of Ranchi, Gumla, Simdega, Khunti , Nagri, Chandankyari.
DGP Jharkhand Police DK Pandey flaged off of the group and later handed over the boarding passes to the children. lauding the initiative Pandey said “It is an appreciable initiative which will inspire these children to work hard to chase their dreams.” Traffic SP Sanjay Ranjan Singh along with parents of children was also present on the occasion.
“I have never visited the airport or seen an aeroplane from so close. Boarding on an aeroplane is like a dream come true. I will come back and narrate my story to my family members and friends” said Preeti kumari a student from Khunti just before boarding the flight in the morning.
Pankaj Ranjan, a student from Firayalal Public School, Ranchi said, “I cannot believe all this. This is the first time I am moving out of the state. I want to see clouds from the window.”
Their schedule includes sightseeing covering tourist attractions of Delhi after which they will move towards Agra in a Volvo Ac bus to visit Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri. They will return back to Ranchi by tomorrow evening flight from Delhi which reaches by 5:45pm.