Arunachal Pradesh SCPCR team visits East Siang district

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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) chairperson Gumri Ringu along with her team members visited the East Siang district to review the implementation of Poshan Mah and child rights related issues in the district with stakeholders.

The team held a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner Tayi Taggu, Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar Jha and officers.

During the meeting, Ringu exhorted all the stakeholder departments, NGOs and CBOs to extend support to the commission to ensure the care and protection of children.

She also spoke about the powers, functions and responsibilities of the commission at the State level and child welfare committees (CWC) and Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) at the district level and appreciated the work being done by the DCPUs, CWCs and SJPU in the district for the care and protection of children.

She further stated that any kind of child abuse related concern be reported to the nearest police station and that the officials concerned should be also informed.

Meanwhile, DC Tayi Taggu and SP Sumit Kumar Jha stated that any kind of child abuse-related concern be reported to the nearest police station and further assured to extend support and cooperation from the East Siang district administration. They asked the visiting team to organize more interactive sessions on various Acts and Rules to sensitize the people about child rights.

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