16,400 children rescued during ‘Operation Muskaan’ in A.P.
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The police had been startled after they rescued about 16,400 children, together with a lots of of women, during the four-day ‘Operation Muskaan’ in the State.
Officials of Education, Women and Child Welfare, Juvenile Welfare, Police and different departments, some NGOs and Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), participated in the drive.
Speaking to The Puucho on Tuesday, Director-General of Police (DGP) D. Gautam Sawang mentioned this was the very best variety of children rescued during the operation taken up as a part of Police Commemoration Day.
“More than 50 teams, headed by Additional SPs, DSPs and CIs, have been constituted in the State. The Range DIGs, Police Commissioners and Superintendents of Police rescued the children. The police officers were shocked with the huge number of children working in different establishment and under hazardous conditions,” Mr. Sawang mentioned.
About 2,500 ladies and equal variety of children belonging to Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana, Bihar and different States had been rescued during the particular drive.
“The rescued children were tested for COVID-19, provided food and clothes. Majority of them were handed over to their parents after providing counselling,” mentioned West Godavari district Superintendent of Police K. Narayan Naik.
“Children were working in industries, shops, agriculture fields, restaurants and hotels. Some were rescued from begging in bus and railway stations and other public places,” mentioned Guntur (Urban) SP R.N. Ammireddy.
Eluru Range DIG K.V. Mohan Rao warned that circumstances could be booked in opposition to those that engaged children for work. They had been handed over to their mother and father after following the authorized process.
West Godavari District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) Ch. Surya Chakraveni mentioned that counselling had been given to the mother and father they usually had been advised to confess their children in colleges. “The Labour Welfare and the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) departments are running special schools for children. We request the parents to educate their wards and not to spoil their lives,” mentioned M. Ravindranath Babu, SP, Krishna district.
“In the sixth phase of ‘Operation Muskaan’, officials rescued 4,800 children and this time about 16,400 children were repatriated with their families, which is the highest in the country,” Mr. Sawang added.
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