Over 3,000 kids missing from State still untraced

September 3, 2013

kids_missingBangalore, Sep 3: Several initiatives by the government notwithstanding, as many as 3,218 children have remained untraced in Karnataka between 2009-2012, according to official figures.

Senior police officers, while pointing out that the official figures of ‘missing cases’ seldom project the reality, say that for every 100 cases that get reported, there are many that go unreported.

“The number we have on hand is based on the complaints lodged. And, we have been able to trace many children,” one of them said.

According to statistics with the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB), a total of 13,769 children had gone missing from January 2009 to December 2012, of which they have successfully traced 10,551 of them. Of these, 6,073 children were boys while the remaining 7,696 were girls.

While 2010 saw the highest number of missing cases being registered in the State at 4,845, there were 3,996, 3,838 and 1,090 children missing in 2009, 2011 and 2012, respectively.

During the same time (2009-2012), the number of missing children in Tamil Nadu stood at 10,429, of whom, 2,856 have remained untraced.

In Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, the same stood at: 17,102 and 5,225, and, 4,484 and 1,034, respectively.

Officials said that there are several mechanisms being put in place in the state to bring down the number of such incidents.

“The Centre, in January 2012 has issued a detailed advisory on missing children, which also deals with the steps to be taken for tracing them.

The directive throws light on how to use technology (computerisation of records) which is to be sent to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, enhance involvement of NGOs and other organisations, have community awareness programmes, et al,”an officer said.

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He also pointed out that the Supreme Court has, in June this year, directed all states and union territories to file an FIR in each of such cases and not treat them lightly.

Another officer said that in majority of the cases involving girls, they are abducted while such incidents are fewer when it comes to boys.

“While many girls also run away from home, in most cases they are kidnapped in an attempt to push them into bonded domestic labour or into flesh trade. Many boys, however, are traced in neighbouring towns or cities working in places after having run away from home,” he said.

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June 17,2020

New Delhi, Jun 17: AAP MLA and national spokesperson Atishi has tested positive for COVID-19, her party colleagues said on Wednesday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to wish her speedy recovery.

"Atishi ji has played an important role in the fight against corona. I hope that she will get healthy soon and again get involved in serving the people," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

According to sources, Atishi was tested on Tuesday for COVID-19 and her report came positive today.

She is presently under home quarantine, the sources said.

"Get well soon Atishi, recover soon from Corona," AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj tweeted.

Atishi represents Kalkaji assembly constituency.

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March 27,2020

New Delhi, Mar 27: The Delhi government has arranged to serve lunch and dinner to the needy in 325 schools in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday amid reports of people going hungry without access to food during the ongoing nationwide lockdown.

From Saturday, arrangements will be put in place to feed about four lakh people daily at different centres across Delhi, he said addressing the media. "We have made arrangements to provide lunch and dinner in 325 schools. Around 500 people will be provided with food in all these schools. So far we were providing food to 20,000 people daily, the number will now increase to around 2,00,000 from today."

He also said that "from tomorrow, we'll be providing food to 4,00,000 people daily. We're distributing the centres across Delhi."

Stating that the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Delhi is now 39, Kejriwal said "We are ready to face any challenge.".

"There are a total of 39 coronavirus positive cases in Delhi as of today, of which 29 cases are of those who had come from outside and were kept in quarantine and 10 of these were cases of local transmission," said Kejriwal at a press conference.

The Chief Minister said that a team of 5 doctors has been set up to look into the preparedness needed to deal with an increase in the number of positive cases for coronavirus in future.

He said, "The team of doctors under the chairmanship of Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin, the head of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, presented a detailed report on March 26 on the preparedness needed to deal with a situation if the number of positive cases for coronavirus increases."

"The report has categorized three situations - if the number of positive cases increases to 100 per day, 500 per day and 1000 per day," he said while adding that the doctors have clearly stated what preparedness should be taken for each situation including the number of ventilators, isolation beds, doctors and nurses required.

He also cited concerns raised by chief ministers of several states including Jharkhand's Hemant Soren and West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee.

Kejriwal said "we consider all those living in Delhi as Delhiites and everyone will be taken care of."
The number of cases tested positive for coronavirus rose to 724 on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 

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May 6,2020

May 6:The Congress on Wednesday said it is "economically anti-national" to fleece Indians of Rs 1.4 lakh crore by raising taxes on petrol and diesel, and urged the Centre to share 75 per cent of this revenue with states so that people are not burdened.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said when the entire country is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and its poor, including migrants, shopkeepers and small businessmen, were virtually penniless, the government of India was "fleecing" 130 crore Indians by insurmountably raising prices of petrol and diesel.

"To fleece people of India in this fashion is economically anti-national," he told reporters at a press conference through video conferencing.

Surjewala alleged that the manner in which "illegally and forcibly" this recovery is being made is "inhumane, cruel and insensitive".

"The government should transfer 75 per cent of this money so collected through raise in taxes to states. This will ensure there is no further burden on people of India, by way of more taxes on petroleum products by states," he said.

He said the issue was discussed at a meeting of the chief ministers of Congress-ruled states with party president Sonia Gandhi, where everyone besides former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed deep concerns.

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