Bihar

• 17 Oct 2022

Girls' Protection Homes

Why In News?

• On October 15, 2022, it was decided by the Social Welfare Department of Bihar state that one girl child protection home will be opened in all the districts of the state. The Social Welfare Department has sent a letter to all DMs to identify land in the districts in this regard.

Key Points

• It is known that a protection house is being operated in Patna from the east. Arrangements will be made for 50 girls to stay together in the new protection Home. The selection of the site for the house to be opened in all the districts has also been started so that the construction work will start soon and it can be completed in the next one year.
• According to departmental officials, on the basis of the solution of the problems told by them by talking to the girls living in all the girls' homes, the officials have prepared the details and handed them over to the department, after which it was decided to start defense homes in all the districts.
• According to the information, two types of girls are kept in the home, in which there are girls who are completely alone and have no family. At the same time, other girls who are somehow run away from the house or lost. The lifestyle of these two is completely different.
• In this context, the proposal has been prepared at the level of the department, on which the consent of the departmental minister has also been received. This proposal will be sent to the government and after getting permission from there, work will start from December.