7,994 missing children traced in 10 years
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City Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal on Monday mentioned 7,994 missing children have been traced and reunited with their dad and mom in Chennai in the final 10 years. Efforts are on to hint 118 missing children.
“From 2010 till date, 8,112 cases of missing children were registered in Chennai city, of which 7,994 children were traced. Though it is a high percentage of success, it is still a matter of great concern that 118 children remain missing,” mentioned Mr. Aggarwal on the launch of Operation Smile-2021 programme to rescue and rehabilitate missing children. Special groups would take most effort to hint the missing children.
In the final fortnight 17 missing children have been traced and handed over to their dad and mom by the Anti-Child Trafficking Unit (ACTU). In the final 12 months, 80 children, working as bonded labourers, have been rescued with the help of a job power comprising personnel from police, income, labour departments and different stakeholders. They have been despatched to their native locations.
He additionally added that about 50 youngster marriages have been prevented in the final one 12 months with the help of officers of the Social Welfare Department and different stakeholders.
Around 2,000 children discovered begging and wandering on the streets have been rescued and lodged in authorities houses after being produced earlier than Child Welfare (*10*) to reform and rehabilitate them.
Seema Aggarwal, Additional Director General of Police(ADGP) and Head of Special Wing for Crime Against Women and Children mentioned the target of Operation Smile is to rescue children who want care and safety or who’re in battle with the regulation and rehabilitate them. The goal group is runaway children who’re susceptible and are answerable for every kind of exploitation and misguidance.
The particular groups constituted for the aim may even focus on reuniting the children in youngster care establishments with their dad and mom. They may even give attention to rescuing children begging on roads, youngster labourers and victims of flesh commerce.
R. Lalvena, Commissioner of Social Defence Department referred to as upon stakeholders to work collectively to convey smiles on the faces of children.
