Bhopal: Government officials on Friday saved five small brothers, who were found to beg for a village in the Bhind Madhya Pradesh district to survive.
They were allowed to fight for themselves after they lost their parents to Covid-19.
Local administration swung the action after Minister of Chief Shivraj Singh Chouhan intervened after their video was widely distributed on the social media platform.
The five children – three daughters and two boys – shifted to Sishu Grih (Rehabilitation Center for Children).
Bhind District collector Dr.
Satish Kumar S said that he knew about the fate of the children two days ago.
“We took immediate action.
The child’s welfare committee approached them and shifted them to Sishu Griha after approving their grandfather.
We will take care of them and will do what is needed in accordance with the legal recommendations of teenage justice,” he told TII.
Oddness of them is a seven-year-old girl and the youngest is a 10-month-old boy.
Others aged five, three and two years old, said the official.
The collector said that the children had lived in Uttar Pradesh with their parents.
Their father died in February, last year and mother passed next month.
Their aunt made them with her for some time above and then she left them at their grandfather’s house in Bhind.
“Their grandfather is too old to produce.
We have to take his approval to shift the children to rehabilitation.
Initially, he was not ready.
We have to advise him,” the collector said.
Administrative officers have been asked to prepare their documents.
Lahar Mla Govind Singh has also convinced all support to orphans.
What needs to be considered, the pandemic has left more than 300 orphans in Madhya Pradesh.
These figures are known after the state government identifies orphans with a pandemic to support them under the scheme announced by the minister’s chairman.
MP is one of the first states to begin identifying orphans with a pandemic after that Mukhya Mantri Bal Kalyan Yojana was announced.
Under the scheme, children, who lose their parents will be given a sustenance of Rs 5,000 per month until they reach the age of 21 years.
If the child chases his studies outside of age 21, allowances will be given until the age of 24.
Children’s law guards will be identified based on the provisions prescribed based on the Youth Justice Act.
Even children in children’s institutions (CCI) and are being taken care of by the government will qualify for benefits after reaching the age of 18 years.
This scheme is not binding only has two children, as if there are more than that.
Two children, and both parents have died, all of them are affected.
The Women and Child Development Department aims to create a level of awareness in the community to encourage foster parents for younger children, said sources.
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