Rights panel chief Sangeeta Beniwal flags off a vehicle on Tuesday.
JAIPUR: The child commission began awareness campaign against child begging in Jaipur from Tuesday during which teams of nodal officers of various departments in collaboration with various NGOs went to different areas and exhorted parents who forced their children to beg on the streets.
Sangeeta Beniwal, chairperson, Rajasthan state commission for protection of child rights (RSCPCR) elaborating on the campaign said, “Our main aim is not to separate the children from the parents but to make the latter understand that their kids should not be made to beg as it is stealing their childhood. Apart from this we will also talk to owners of eateries who employ children in order to ensure that child labour is also eradicated in all forms.”
“After a week of intensive awareness campaign, we will review the reasons that the parents made their children beg along with the issues that our teams faced while trying to convince them against this practice. After this, we will rescue the children if need be as well as rehabilitate them if we are unable to convince the parents. This campaign will start from Jaipur and will be gradually replicated to other districts as well,” further added Beniwal.
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