Make D.K ‘model child-friendly’ district
Representatives urged in the Padi-Velored Silver Jubilee programme
Mangaluru, Sept 01: In a bid to make Dakshina Kannada district a model child-friendly district in the state, Padi Velored, on behalf of the people of the district, submitted a memorandum today.
Padi director Renni D'Souza submitted the memorandum to MLC Ivan D'Souza, in the absence of the district in-charge minister, during the inauguration of the Padi Velored project’s silver jubilee celebration at Don Bosco Hall in the city.
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To make D.K a child-friendly district, the district administration should call a meeting with child-related departments and various organizations and prepare action plans.
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Quality education, community participation in the education field, educational research, child rights and promotion of child-related laws and training should take place from time to time. For this, space for constructing a training center should be provided to the Padi organisation.
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The government’s attention will be grabbed towards the appointment of relevant subject teachers, and physical education teachers at every school to ensure that all children acquire quality education as per the Right to Education Act.
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Appointment of a child a consultant at least at every taluk.
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The D.K district has a city Childline Plan for child protection. The complaints related to children's issues are coming increasingly in the five taluks of the D.K district. Therefore the demand for the provision of a vehicle system and city Childline service to taluks has been kept among five significant demands.
MLC Ivan D'Souza, who attended the meeting as the chief guest, said that the district is worthy enough of becoming a child-friendly district, and assured to give full cooperation for the cause.
Inaugurating the program, the District Legal Services Authority Member Secretary Mallanagowda Patil, emphasised the importance of children's rights.
Deputy Director of women's and children's development department Sundar Poojary, Marlyn Martis, Sulochana Kodavooru, Premi Fernandes, BM Rohini, Ismail, Abdusalam, and others were present.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
