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    Four shelter homes shut in Odisha, had no registration

    Four shelter homes shut in Odisha, had no registration

    By Aakanksha Raghuvanshi
    (PTI desk)
    Dec 05, 2018
    05:27 pm

    What's the story

    Four shelter homes in Odisha have been shut down after an inquiry found that they were running without registration.

    The state government had ordered the district collectors across Odisha to inspect shelter homes following allegations of sexual harassment at an NGO-run facility at Beltikiri in Dhenkanal.

    The incident had sparked state-wide outcry and three were arrested in connection with the case.

    Names

    Three of the shelter homes closed were run by GNI

    Three of the shelter homes closed were run by Good News India (GNI), the same NGO whose branch at Beltikiri was embroiled in the sexual abuse scandal.

    The other closed shelter home was operated by an NGO with the financial assistance of GNI.

    Ganjam district administration shut down a shelter home for children at Saheb Jenapalli near Chhatrapur, run by Good News India.

    Details

    Jenapalli shelter home had 134 inmates, including 78 girls

    The Jenapalli shelter home was closed as it wasn't registered under Juvenile Justice Act since 2016, said District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) Subodh Sarangi.

    There were 134 inmates, including 78 girls and 56 boys, in the home and most belong to Kandhamal and Gajapati districts.

    The children would be handed over to their parents after producing them before Child Welfare Committee.

    Other centers

    Jenapalli shelter home inmates lodged in government-run Utkal Balashram

    At present they are lodged in Utkal Balashram, a child care institute run by the government.

    In Gajapati district, the administration closed a shelter home at B Sitapur in Goshani block after shifting its inmates to different hostels.

    There were 159 children -- 69 boys and 90 girls -- in the home, also run by Good News India, said Arun Tripathy, DCPO Gajapati.

    Hostels

    All inmates of G Udayagiri shelter home shifted to childcare-institutions

    Similarly, the process to shift inmates from a shelter home at Chandragiri, also in Gajapati, was started.

    While around 50 out of 109 inmates (75 girls and 34 boys) have been shifted to nearby hostels, the rest would be shifted soon, officials said.

    The other shelter home is in Kandhamal's G Udayagiri, where the administration has shifted all 142 inmates to child care institutions.

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