Kerala social activist Johnson V Edicula in India Book of Records

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Kerala-based social activist has entered the India Book of Records for his years-long charitable initiatives in a leprosy sanatorium in the state. Johnson V Edicula, hailing from Thalavdy, set the record for "most charitable and social activities in leprosy sanatorium".

According to a letter from India Book of Records, Edicula performed the most charitable and social activities on the occasion of Christmas at the leprosy sanatorium in Nooranad in Alappuzha district since 2003, a release said here today.

Edicula has been engaging in various social activities at the leprosy sanatorium for the last 12 years.