Child Rights Activist Achyutha Rao passes away of COVID-19 at 58

Child Rights Activist Achyutha Rao passes away of COVID-19 at 58

• Prominent child rights activist Achyutha Rao has passed away due to COVID-19 virus. He was 58 years old.
• He was the founder of Balala Hakula Sangam, a child rights organisation, in 1985 along with his wife Anuradha.
• Mr Rao had been a relentless activist on issues of child rights, including child labor, child marriages, and various atrocities against children and kept the media posted consistently on such issues.