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Fifteen children from Bihar were reportedly rescued by Prakasam District Child Welfare Committee (CWC) astatine Ongole railway presumption portion travelling successful Jogbani-Erode Amrit Bharat Express (16602) connected Tuesday evening. The constabulary arrested a kid trafficking pack of 12 members who were allegedly progressive successful exploiting the children to enactment arsenic regular labourers astatine assorted factories successful Tamil Nadu.
The rescue cognition was carried retired done the associated efforts of Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials, on with voluntary organisations – HELP (Helping Entire Lower and agrarian People), SARDS (Social Activities For Rural Development Society), Association for Voluntary Action (AVA), and Society for Integrated Rural Development (SFIRD).
Speaking to The Hindu, HELP Foundation task manager B.V. Sagar said, “Upon receiving the information, SARDS instantly coordinated with Ongole RPF Inspector Kondaiah, District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) P. Dinesh Kumar, CWC subordinate Neelima, and different kid extortion stakeholders to transportation retired a rescue plan.”
“With enactment from AVA Andhra Pradesh, SFIRD, RPF, GRP, DCPU, CWC and the SARDS teams, we assisted successful identifying and tracking the children. The teams successfully rescued the children astatine Ongole railway station. Later, HELP and different stakeholders supported for the contiguous care, extortion and harmless accommodation arrangements for the rescued children,” helium added.
On the orders of District Collector P. Raja Babu, the children were presented earlier District Joint Collector Kalpana Kumari, who further directed the constabulary officials to instrumentality strict ineligible enactment against those illegally transporting the children. She besides instructed them to ascertain the circumstantial districts successful Bihar from which the children hailed and to pass the parents to guarantee their harmless instrumentality to autochthonal places.
Following the orders of the Joint Collector, accommodation was arranged for the children astatine the District Social Welfare Hostel to service arsenic a impermanent structure nether the CWC. Mr. Sagar, on with CWC and DCPO, visited the children connected Wednesday and collected their afloat details, inquired astir the facilities being provided to them, and distributed clothes.
