After shocking report about homeless mother at GTB Nagar chaining her daughter all day fearing for her safety, Child Welfare Committee to visit and speak to her soon
The seven-year-old school dropout is shackled all day at the GTB Nagar pavement her family calls home. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
CWC called the seven-year-old's current living condition 'inhuman'. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
After the report hit the stands, help began pouring in for the family. Starting with CWC, who have taken suo-motu cognisance of the matter. They want to rehabilitate the child and will be speaking to her mother on Monday. Speaking to mid-day, Vijay Doifode, city chairperson of CWC said, "This is utterly inhuman, regardless of the reason or motive behind it. One cannot chain a girl like this, even if it is for her safety. We can understand the plight of the family and the mother, too, and we will help them."
CWC will also to summon policemen from the Antop Hill police station to ask what they've done to rehabilitate the girl, who is living in inhuman conditions. A CWC member said, "We will be summoning Antop Hill Police station as soon as possible and ask them to bring the child in front of CWC. If the family allows the child to be rehabilitated due to their financial condition, we can surely send her to a children's home."
Underlining other options available for the child, the member said, "If the family isn't ready to send her to a children's home, another way of monitoring the progress of the child, is by appointing a counselling officer who can visit the child at regular intervals and maintain records of her progress. After the girl is produced in front of the CWC bench, the members will take the final call on it." Apart from CWC, the Shree Gurusingh Sabha, a Gurudwara in Dadar has also come forward to help.
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