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Child Help Desk opened at Tirupati railway station
The Central government has identified 80 railway stations where cases of missing, abandoned, trafficked and runaway children are reported more and have embarked on a plan
Tirupati: The Central government has identified 80 railway stations where cases of missing, abandoned, trafficked and runaway children are reported more and have embarked on a plan to set up Child Help Centres. On Saturday, Secretary of Union Ministry of Women and Child Development Department Rakesh Srivathsava has inaugurated a Child Help Desk at Tirupati Railway Station. The facility with toll free number of 1098 will be opened round-the-clock and run by Child Line India Foundation, local stake holders such as railway officials, Government Railway Police (GRP), Railway Protection Force (RPF) and NGOs working with children issues.
Speaking at the meeting Srivathsava said that the Central government has come to an MoU with Child Line India in 2015 to rescue the runaway children. Already 412 Child Help Desks were working across the country and by March 2020, this figure will cross 700 so that every district in the country will have a Child Help Desk. So far, 33 Help Desks were opened in various railway stations and another 47 will be opened by December 31. Divisional Railway Manager, Guntakal, Vijay Prathap Singh said that rescuing the missing children would be a big social cause. He assured all help from railway officials and RPF to Child Line organisation.
Child Line Executive Director Dr Anjaiah disclosed that they were getting 1.30 crore calls to 1098 per year which means on an average they were receiving 36,000 calls from children, police, parents and others. Divisional Security Commissioner Elisha and Prajapragathi Organisation Trust member Sreenivasulu also spoke. Tirupati Station Director K Satyanarayana, Station Manager M Subodh Mithra, RPF CI Saidaiah, GRP DSP Ramesh Kumar and Women and Child Welfare Department District Officer Usha Phanikar participated.
