Kerala - Kochi   

Child begging under check

The efforts of voluntary organisations, the police and the district administration to end child begging in the city seem to be yielding results. The city was under the strong grip of a racket involved in begging. Streets were of late teeming with beggars, especially migrants with a child or two towing along. The beggars used even infants to evoke sympathy. More often than not, the mafia kidnapped these children when they were mere babies. Child begging was a common sight in certain spots in the city. With the police cracking down on begging, no child beggars were seen in these places during the last couple of days.

Specially trained juvenile police officers and juvenile police units assigned to tackle the menace came in handy.

K.C. GOPAKUMAR

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Motor Vehicles Department suspends 72 licences
From weed to wealth
More time sought for exploration
A day to wish teachers well
Workers asked to join drive to clean up port's operations
`Kalady lags behind in development'
The Onam spread
Child begging under check
Water conservation measures soon, says Minister
Nod for Mulavukad road
Sree Sankara festival
`Open house' at Cusat
No better time for protest
In Kochi Today

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu