Deprived children urged Woman and Child Development Minister Maya Singh to visit them again. She had on Wednesday visited destitute and unclaimed children found on railway platform at Children’s Shelter Homes in gas-affected areas Chandbad and Bajariya here.
She directed to get children’s health examined regularly. These Homes are run by Government-aided NGOs. The Minister was accompanied by Chairperson of Child Rights Protection Commission Usha Chaturvedi.
Singh also paid a surprise visit to Bhaskar Deewan Children’s Home at Chandbad in the afternoon. The society run by Nitya Sewa Society has 29 children. They were studying when Singh reached there. She asked children about their daily routine, food, lodging etc. These unclaimed children were brought to the institutions after they were found roaming on railway platform.
The children are also studying in English. The Minister made the children read their course books and also write. She praised handwriting of child Sandeep. The Minister inspected kitchen and also saw children’s living place.