Published 13:33 IST, June 26th 2020

12-year-old Kerala boy makes train model with paper, Railway Ministry says 'captivating'

Adhwaithkrishna, a 12-year-old boy from Kerala has captured everybody’s attention, including that of the Railway Ministry with his “near perfect” model train.

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While lockdown has prompted many to showcase ir creativity, it is craftwork of a small boy which is w winning hearts all over.  hwaithkrishna, a 12-year-old boy from Kerala has captured everybody’s attention, including that of Railway Ministry with his “near perfect” model train. What is even more special about his model is that everything including train, tracks are me using paper, gum and scissors only. 

Me with 33 sheets of newspaper 

As per reports, seventh-gre student created entire model with only 33 sheets of newspaper, ten sheets of A4 paper. Shared by Ministry of Railways on its official p,  short clip shows Krishna building a model train out of paper. As video progresses, little boy is seeing cutting, quilling, and pasting pieces of paper step by step. ministry also revealed that entire train was built in mere three days in lockdown period.

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Since shared, clip has received has been viewed over 47 thousand times and has been liked over two thousand times. It has racked up a bandwidth of comments from people. 

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This comes as Indian Railways on June 25 said that y have manufactured 1.91 lakh PPE gowns, 66.4 kg sanitizer, and 7.33 lakh masks till June 24. In a coordinated response with state governments, Indian Railways is gearing up to provide protective equipment to country's frontline workers and or operational staffs in fight against COVID-19 pandemic. railway ministry said in a statement that it is using all its resources judiciously to create/upgre its facilities. 

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13:33 IST, June 26th 2020