Jammu, Feb. 3 -- Shivering in the biting winter cold, weaving through speeding vehicles, tiny hands stretched out for alms-such scenes at Jammu's busy traffic junctions have finally drawn firm intervention from child protection authorities.
The Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Jammu, has ordered immediate action to rescue and protect minor children found being used for begging at traffic signals and other public places across the city.
The Committee has made it clear that such children fall under the category of "Children in Need of Care and Protection" as defined under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and cannot be left exposed to life-threatening conditions.
Acting on a complaint filed by the Research and...