| Advisor Ganai releases book, guidelines on juvenile justice in JK | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 11: Advisor to the Governor, Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai today vouched for special focus on the welfare of poor children who live in bad pockets of the State.
He said the children belonging to far-flung areas and tribal communities are most vulnerable and need special care and attention of the Government. The Advisor made these remarks while speaking during a two-day national conference on "Issues & Challenges in Ensuring Happy Childhood: A special focus on Jammu and Kashmir". He was the chief guest at the Conference which was organised by Department of Social Work, University of Kashmir, in collaboration with Department of Social Welfare and Save the Children. Ganai, who is Advisor-incharge Education and Social Welfare Departments, during his address, highlighted various articles of the Indian Constitution as well Chapter 12 of State Constitution which guarantee the welfare and protection of children. He said that these provisions take care of the future needs of children and we should create a mechanism to implement them effectively on ground.
The Advisor also urged people to rise collectively in contributing towards making poor children real beneficiaries of Government programmes and schemes,
He also espoused the cause of orphans by urging the civil society to adopt them as foster children and provide them the comfort of homely environment as also
Later, the Advisor released a book and guidelines on juvenile justice system during the function.
Prof. Neelofar Khan, Acting Vice-Chancellor, KU delivered the presidential address, Prof. VedKumari, Dean and Head Department of Law, Delhi University gave the keynote address, and Dr. Nisar Ahmad, Registrar KU presented the vote of thanks.
Others who spoke included Dr. Aadil Bashir, Head, Social Works Department, KU, G.A Sofi, Mission Director ICPS, and Sharif Bhat from Save the Children. |
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