NEW DELHI, MAR 23 -
Six Nepali children, who were stranded in various nongovernmental organisations in the Indian Capital, have been rescued. They were sent back home on Friday.
Children aged between 10 and 14 years were repatriated with the joint efforts of Maiti India—a branch of Maiti Nepal—and the Nepali migrants’ organisation Nepal Janasamparka Samiti. The children, who had left home for various reasons and reached Delhi, were handed over by the local police to the NGOs.
Most of the children showed poverty and domestic violence as the reason for fleeing their homes. Some were found to have been sent by their parents to earn for the family. In most cases, children who flee their homes and reach different parts of India have not only been the victims of extreme form of child labour but also the physical and mental violence, Samiti President Balkrishna Pandey said.
Among the rescued are Sandeep Pandey (Palpa), Raju Sharma (Kathmandu), Amrit Kafle (Chitwan), Bikash Thapa (Sindhuli), Munna Ansari (Bara) and Dipak Adhikari (Dhanusha).
From the Kathmandu post
