No. of child beggars down by 50%: NGO

The streets of Nashik have seen a welcome change ? a considerable decline in the number of child beggars.
Childline, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working for children, has observed the decline in the number of the child beggars particularly after a major drive it conducted in December 2015. According to its observation, the number is now less by 50%.
"During the survey, we had spotted 76 children into begging. We summoned their parents and they pledged to send the children to school. But of them, 30 children returned to begging. We took necessary actions and 10 of them are now in the children's observatory home. The rest were taken away by their parents," said Praveen Aher of Childline.
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