Haveri: The number of children submitted to the administrative center recognized by the government in Haveri has increased in the last 18 months.
This facility has been taken in 28 children like Covid-19 broke.
Losing livelihoods during pandemics and parents cannot take care of the third child are among the reasons they surrender their children.
While all 28 children have been adopted, 13 are still in the center of spandana adoption and will be handed over to their adoptive parents so the legal process ends.
As many as 42 children have been adopted from the center since 2008 – 14 between 2008 and 2019.
The Center accommodates many children who are victims in protecting children from cases of sexual violations (Pocso) and those born from marriage.
The authorities of the women’s department and child development, district child protection centers and spandana confirmed that the number was higher than the pre-pandemic era.
It can be attributed to many people who struggle to issue livelihoods and cannot provide food or care for their children because Covid, said source.
Of the 28 children, 25 have been submitted by people from the Shivamogga district.
Other adoption centers in this country have also witnessed an increase in the number of children delivered.
A private medical practitioner in Haveri shows that they usually go into extramaria relations choose illegal abortion.
“But because of a pandemic, they can’t do it, therefore they surrender their child to the adoption center after giving birth,” he added.
Srinivas Aladarthi, Deputy Director, Department of Women and Child Development, said the premarital or extramariah relationship is the main reason for parents who give up or leave children.
Malikarjun Mathad, a child protection officer District, said most children were taken by the center were not breastfed.
“Some parents give up children and some leave them on the roadside.
We take care of them and will hand them over to the adoptive parents after the process is complete,” he said.
“We have received children who give up, abandoned or orphaned Only this new, “said Sangeeta GH, a coordinator in the spandana.