Maha to introduce mobile vans to help street children

Mobile squads will offer counselling to street children and their parents, enrol children in school and admit orphans and single-parent children into child care institutions

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

The Maharashtra government would soon roll out mobile vans with teams of social workers to rehabilitate street children in cities by offering them facilities, such as medical check-up and counselling, besides encouraging them to pursue education.

The Maharashtra cabinet Tuesday gave its nod for the state-wide implementation of the scheme after a pilot project was successfully implemented in Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban, Thane, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur, said Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare.

"Denying street children their basic rights to education and health is social injustice. The 'Mobile Squad' initiative provides children with access to education, nutrition, medical care and social security," the minister told PTI.