Kumari Palany & Co

Central railway station to have children’s assistance centre soon

Posted on: 05/Mar/2014 9:46:21 AM
A committee set up with representatives from Railway Protection Force (RPF), government railway police and railway officials will soon be set up at Chennai Central railway station a children’s assistance centre. The move aims to protect rights of children rescued from trains and stations. “The centre will help railway authorities to rescue abandoned children and monitor child trafficking,” said a senior railway official. Porters, stall-owners at the railway station and autorickshaw drivers will also be taken under the centre’s fold to provide input. The centre will also have a shelter for children and women who could not be shifted to a home after being rescued.