Student asks for crossing in Dubai, gets wish granted

Student asks for crossing in Dubai, gets wish granted

An 11-year-old Indian boy in Dubai is happy that his request for a pedestrian crossing in his locality, which is home to three schools, was granted by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

Nehan Naseem Ali, a Grade 6 student at The Indian High School Dubai said his family shifted to the Hussain Nasser Lootah building (now City 4 Residence) in community 214/53 street in Garhoud in 2018.

The place has a couple of residential buildings and there are three schools opposite to Ali's building along the same street. After seeing many children getting difficulties crossing the road daily on their way to school, Ali put in a request to the RTA for a pedestrian crossing in the locality.

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