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195 children rescued in 11 days across Punjab
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Chandigarh: Punjab social security, women and child development minister Dr Baljit Kaur informed on Sunday that under the ongoing state-level campaign 'Project Jeevan Jyot–2', three child beggars were rescued during 11 special raids carried out across various districts of Punjab.
"Since the launch of this phase of the campaign, a total of 195 children were rescued through 190 special raids conducted over the last 11 days," she said in a written statement. "During the recent raids, two children were rescued in Hoshiarpur and one in Sangrur. After counselling, the child rescued in Sangrur was reunited with the parents, while the documentation of the two children rescued in Hoshiarpur is still under process, and both have been shifted to a child care institution (CCI)," she added.
