Udupi dist admin to form task forces for protecting child rights

Udupi, Jul 23: The district administration has decided to form separate task forces or the protection of children’s rights from the grassroots level.

Chairing a meeting on District Children’s Rights Protection here, Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, said that Sixty per cent members of these task forces will be children and the remaining will comprise elected representatives and NGOs working for children’s rights.

The forces will be set up at the gram panchayat, then the taluk panchayat and finally the zilla panchayat level.

The work of such task forces, children’s helpline and action to be taken during emergencies, were discussed at the meeting.

Shilpa Nag, Assistant Commissioner, said that a drawing competition should be held for schoolchildren to select the logo for the task forces.

Srinivas Rao, Chief Planning Officer of Zilla Panchayat, B.K. Narayan, Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, and other officers and representatives of voluntary organizations were present.