Students participating in the rally organised by Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation in the city on Thursday. Speaking at the ‘Bharat Yatra’ rally organised by Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation against child sexual abuse and trafficking here on Thursday, he said that while 99 cases were reported in 2016, the number stood at 73 till August this year. The district administration, through the District Child Protection Unit and other departments, was consistently carrying out awareness programmes for various stakeholders, including the police, government departments, village health nurses and community groups. Awareness programmes were also being organised for nursery and primary school children, who were more vulnerable to abuse. “There are nearly 5.22 lakh school children.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2017 01:30 UTC