Panel inspects observation homes in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 14

A team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), New Delhi, today inspected the observation home, children homes situated at Gandhi Vanita Ashram.

Deepti Bahal consultant, Shaista K Shah, senior technical expert, and Dr Deepak Jyoti, member, Child Right Commission Punjab, were part of the team. The team members personally interacted with the inmates of observation and children homes so as to inquire about the problems being faced by them, if any, followed by a visit to washrooms, kitchen, and bedrooms. The team also took stock of medical and education facilities, availability of psychiatric, counsellor, safety and security of inmates, and food being provided to them.

District Programme Officer GS Randhawa on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyan Thori assisted the team during the inspection, where he apprised the NCPCR panel about the steps being taken by the administration to keep up with the requirements of these homes. He stated that all the requisite facilities were being offered to inmates in line with the Juvenile Justice Act.