Facebook post turns poor kid's life, gets Rs 5 Lakh from CM

A 13-year-old Harendra Singh Chauhan is a class 9th student in a school in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. He was spotted by a metro passenger outside the Noida City Centre metro station, at night, studying under a streetlight on the pavement. The metro passenger, Vikas Sharda, decided to take a picture of the boy studying there and posted it on Facebook. the post went viral and the result - he was called by UP CM Akhilesh yadav who rewarded him with 5 Lakhs. His education will now be sponsored by govt and his father, who has polio, has been promised govt job.