Members of the Brahmapur Children’s Federation greeted the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sushanta Kumar Mishra at his office here on Saturday.
The children appraised the Commissioner about the federation’s activities since its inception in 2012 and its role in keeping the city child- friendly. They also appealed the Commissioner to include children’s views and opinions in city planning, development and governance to make Brahmapur a child-friendly city.
The federation members also highlighted various issues in their slums including lack of basic services like water, sanitation, housing, electricity, road and transport facilities, etc.
They demanded provision of equal opportunity to them to participate in all affairs of city development and sought cooperation of Government officials and service providers.
The Commissioner assured the children to provide all kind of possible support to them. Federation members Smruti Sahu, Aakash Das and Ajay Das were present, among others. Members of the Youth for Social Development facilitated the children.