Corrupt and unscrupulous officials of the child welfare department are not sparing even vulnerable street children. Hungry and underclad, and with no roof over their heads, they are running away from welfare homes in the Capital. Hyderabad News unravels their sordid modus operandi.

"The department of social welfare provides welfare programmes and services to the women in need and distress, the handicapped persons, neglected street children, social security for the aged and destitute through the network of residential care homes and non-institutional services…Treatment, Prevention and Rehabilitation through the implementation of the social Legislations pertaining to the welfare of children, women…"

The Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000 is the social legislation for children. The act imposes the State with the primary responsibility of ensuring that all the needs of children are met and that their basic human rights are fully protected.

The Department of Social Welfare, however, is faithful only in letter. Its website states what it should be doing, but what they do in practice is heart-wrenching. Young children, only seven to thirteen ...

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