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18 Children Missing from Unregistered Orphanage in Srinagar

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023 Editor

SDM seals Trust, CWC Sgr asks Orphanage head to produce all missing children before Committee forthwith Eighteen children are missing from an orphanage in Srinagar, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) said on Friday. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Srinagar has sealed the unregistered orphanage, the Al-Miskeen Yateem Trust, and asked the orphanage head to produce all the missing children before the Committee forthwith. The CWC said that it had received a complaint about the orphanage and conducted a raid on Friday. During the raid, the Committee found that the orphanage was…

Disturbing Trend: 10 babies abandoned in Kashmir every month

October 22, 2023 Editor

At least three babies have died this year as their biological parents lacked awareness on surrendering them properly, which would have prevented fatalities By : Peerzada Ashiq Heartrending cases of “unwanted” babies abandoned at garbage dumps, less-travelled roadsides, and hospital bathrooms are rising in Kashmir. Jammu & Kashmir’s Social Welfare Department (SWD) is grappling with the issue as an average of 10 cases are reported every month, a jump from the average of five cases reported till a few years ago. “The worry is that not all cases are reported…

Govt cracks down on parent-child begging nexus in Kashmir, rescues 14 children

October 5, 2023 Editor

32 rescued in 3 months; All rescued minors non-J&K residents from Punjab, Bihar, UP; will handover them to CWC’s of their respective districts, herculean task to stop child begging in Sgr, drive to continue in city parts in days ahead: CWC head Dr Khair-un-Nisa Acting swiftly after receiving repeated complaints about child begging in the capital city of Srinagar, Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of the district Wednesday swung into action and conducted a “surprise raid” in the city centre Lal Chowk where 14 child beggars were rescued and taken for…