Delhi: 22 kids rescued from begging, rag-picking; hotspots identified

NEW DELHI: A joint team of district administration, police, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and Childline recently rescued 22 children, including nine girls and 13 boys, who were involved in begging, rag-picking and other things.
The children — aged one to 15 years — were rescued from Rajouri Garden to Raja Garden Road, City Square Mall road, TDI Mall road, West Gate Mall road and Tagore Garden metro station to Subhash Nagar metro station, which have been identified as hotspots.A survey conducted by Save the Children, an NGO, a few years ago stated over 70,000 children in Delhi live on the street. Another random survey conducted by DCPCR in 2014-15 revealed that around 50% of street children are addicted to substance abuse.