NCRC expedites children rescue operation

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, September 28 National Child Rights Council has intensified its rescue operation in Kathmandu. According to NCRC, 98 street
children were rescued from various places of Kathmandu in the last nine days. The NCRC has stepped up operation to rescue street-children in
a bidto meet the government aim of making Kathmandu a street-children-free city
Last Wednesday, it rescued 45 street children (30 boys and 15 girls) from various places such as Ratnapark, New Road, Basantapur, Jaisi
Dewal, Thamel, Durbarmarg and Pulchowk. NCRC is carrying out the rescue operation in coordination with Nepal Police, Children Search
Coordination Centre and various other organisations such as Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre
NCRC has also claimed that it has rescued 140 street children in the current fiscal year
Children aged between four and 18 were rescued during the period, according to NCRC officials. All the rescued street children have been
sent to various child care centres
As per the data with NCRC and CSCC,there are around 300 street children inside the valley. Police Inspector Mohan Bikram Dahal, also a head
of CSCC, said, &If we keep on rescuing street children in the current rate, we will be able torescue all street children within a few
months.& Dahal, however, stressed the need to find the root cause behind abandonment of these children
He said most of these children ended up on the streets after running away from their houses due to family conflicts triggered mainly by
poverty. &If we fail to address the root cause of the problem, children will continue to end up on the streets,& Dahal said. The NCRC also
said they had inspected and monitored around 100 child care centres since mid-July and rescued over 200 children from five illegal child
care centres that wereoperating without fulfilling the basic criteria. Administrative Chief at NCRC Krishna Prasad Bushal said, &We found
that five out of 100 child care centres were operated illegally, which meant that there could be more such centres,& adding, &All illegally
operating centres and centres that do not meet basic standards will be closed soon.& The post NCRC expedites children rescue operation
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