A function on the legal rights of street children particularly beggars, street and working children, rag pickers, small vendors, street performers, orphaned, deserted, trafficked and run-away children and of transgender was organized on Thursday by District legal Services Authority (DlSA) at railway platform number 1 Bhopal.
Magistrate and DlSA Secretary Vipin Kumar lavaniya presided over the function, that was also attended by DlO Bhopal BM Singh, Station Manager Pradeep Singh, Chairman MP Anusuchit Jati Vikas Evam Kalyan Samiti Sher Afzal Khan, Director Nirbhaya Women Shelter Home Samar Khan and TI GRP Bhopal Hemant Shrivastava.
lavaniya in his address apprised the audience about legal rights of street and underprivileged children and asked all those present on the occasion to be sensitive towards these issues. He also emphasized the various schemes of legal Aid for welfare of detainee and other victims entitled to victim compensation.
DlO BM Singh made aware the gathering about the labour laws and different schemes launched by the State and Central Government for the welfare of the laborers.
Addressing the assembly Samar Khan said, “The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act is totally obsolete and hollow. India has the highest school dropout rate of children. A country where more than 6 million children are child labourers, free education makes no sense to them. Commoditization of education is another problem. Unless all children are provided with quality education, quality food and quality living, RTE act can never be implemented in its true senses.”