DelhiIndiaInfrastructureSpecial Feature

The Railway’s ‘Lost-and-Found Man’: How One Station Manager Turned Duty into a Global Story of Compassion

Known widely as the railway’s “lost-and-found man,” Rakesh Sharma developed a systematic approach to tracing passengers who left belongings behind during travel. From 2016 until his retirement — and even shortly afterward — he successfully helped return 1,964 lost items to rightful owners across India and several countries