Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that his government would encourage parents to take back their children shunned in orphanages and asked the society to come forward in this regard.
“Everyone should come forward to help orphans as their parents are not alive to look after them at a time when it is most needed in their lives,” he said at the launch of a book “Weakest on Earth, Orphans in India”.
The Chief Minister said some children have been forced to live like orphans as there parents have shunned them because of certain compulsions.
“If such parents come forward to take their children back, government will extend every possible help,” he said, adding that efforts would also be made to locate such parents and provide monetary support to them.
It is the government’s responsibility to take care of orphans and several steps are being taken in this direction.
The condition in orphanages will be improved and budgetary allocation will be made for providing scholarships to such children, the Chief Minister said.
Arrangements will be made for providing information about orphans over 1090 women powerline and dial 100 services, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh stressed on proper arrangement for education, medicine, food and lodging of orphans. -- PTI
