RajouriMinister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Information, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali Monday said that the Government will soon establish juvenile homes in each district of the State to effectively rehabilitate the children detained for anti-social activities.
The Minister said this while addressing the valedictory function of child protection campaign organized by National Development Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization, for protection of children and to sensitize the participants about the juvenile justice and child protection.
The event witnessed a significant participation of people from different fields including Anganwari workers and helpers, civil society members, students, officials of Health, Education and Social Welfare Departments.
Deliberating on the importance of Juvenile Justice System, Zulfkar highlighted various issues that children had to confront on day to day basis and how the turmoil has exasperated the already grim situation regarding better development of children.
Reflecting on various problems that children face, not only within the protective confines of their homes but also at schools, workplaces etc the Minister asserted that unfavourable circumstance often end up making children vulnerable to various misdoings and crimes.
He said the children who witness and suffer abuse, domestic violence, broken families in their early years of life are more likely to grow with fragile and often disturbing and anti-social personal traits, adding that many a time children who lack primary support system end up working in unorganized sectors providing cheap labour, making them vulnerable to abuse.
The Minister also deliberated on how the absence of proper and effective institutional system of guidance often leads children to drug abuse and crimes. He further affirmed that law and legislation alone can’t help us to improve the situation. Change can only be envisaged with our commitment towards ensuring overall welfare of children, he said.
He impressed upon the district administration to take up the implementation of various provisions of the Jammu And Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2013, in the district on a mission mode.
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