Driving that extra mile


True hero: Raveendran has been providing free rides for expectant mothers and mothers with young children for more than a year.

SEREMBAN: Despite earning little as a taxi driver, P. Raveendran is persistent about giving free rides to pregnant women or mothers with young children.

Even on some days during the conditional movement control order (MCO) when he could barely make ends meet, he never accepted a fare from such passengers.

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