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Child help desk opened at Secunderabad railway station

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway (SCR) in association with NGO Divya Disha (Child Line) has opened a child help desk at platform number one, Secunderabad railway station.

"It would provide temporary transit care and protection to a child found on the railway premises or inside trains by RPF, Government Railway Police, railway employee, or any other public or public spirited citizen," SCR said in a statement issued here.

It would be manned round the clock by the representatives of the NGO engaged in child protection.

Toys, first-aid and food will be provided at the desk.

Adequate care and protection would be rendered to the child in co-ordination with Railways till the child is produced before Child Welfare Committee as per the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, it added.

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First Published: May 15 2015 | 1:22 PM IST

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