Gehlot announces Rs 33.6 lakh aid for rescued children

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved Rs 33.6 lakh as financial aid to 336 children who were rescued in Jaipur and Bharatpur recently.

Every child will be given Rs 10,000 as financial assistance, a spokesperson said today.

As many as 126 children were rescued in Jaipur and 210 children were rescued in Bharatpur.

In Jaipur, out of 126, 51 were lodged in two illegal children's home and rescued by Rajasthan Commission for Protection of Child Rights on a tip off by NGO from Delhi, whereas remaining children were rescued from trains by police.

In Bharatpur also, the children were rescued from train while they were being taken to Kolkata and Bihar for labour work from Jaipur.