New Delhi: As many as 28 child care institutions in Odisha do not have basic facilities such as proper toilets, safe drinking water and cooking gas stove and in many of these homes the children are kept in “unhygienic conditions”, according to an inspection report by the apex child rights body.
The inspection carried out by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) also revealed that in two homes the infrastructure was poor, even the basic facilities are lacking, therefore, children of these homes may be shifted.
“Homes may be closed due to multiple reasons like home is running without valid registration, a large number of children kept without the order of child welfare committee, children are being influenced for religious convergence, lack of basic facilities, no female staff in the home despite girls are staying the home, and no care plan for children,” the NCPCR said in the report, accessed by PTI.
FIRs may be registered or police enquiry may be carried out against 13 homes for violation of various provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, the report recommended. A further inquiry is required in six homes for detailed information and facts. Children from nine homes may be produced to the respective child welfare committees for their individual cases and eight homes need immediate necessary action, the report said. The report said 28 homes lack minimum standard of care and facilities.
28 childcare homes in state lack basic facilities, says NCPCR
