PARENTS PASS AGONISING HOURS NEAR NGO TO BE REUNITED WITH CHILDREN

Hapless parents and relatives are compelled to wait on the road in front of an NGO working for protection of children and their rights. Most of the families are from North India who migrated to Bengaluru for livelihood. They expressed concern over the delay in getting their children released from the NGO after completing the due process as per the law.

They complain that there is no proper designated space to wait. They have to rush to a nearby public toilet to attend nature’s call. The parents, most of them are daily wagers, have to abstain from work as they wait, thus losing the wages.
 

“I have been visiting this NGO for the last three days. They told me that they could not release my nephew who was brought by the police while he was at a playground. His mother works as a Group D employee at a private hospital. She has to work without fail to make ends meet. So, I have come here to get my nephew released,’’ said Radha (name changed), a resident of Kamakshipalya.
 

Rohan Singh Rajput, a relative of four children from Uttar Pradesh, was seen waiting near the NGO. He alleged that a volunteer at Majestic railway station caught the children when he had gone to buy the train ticket. “The volunteer assured me the enquiry would be over in 10 minutes. It all happened on Thursday morning. Today is Monday. All these days, the people at the NGO neither expedited the release of my relatives nor gave proper guidance,’’ he said. He blamed the volunteers of the NGO for not letting him take his relatives after producing all the documents. “I do not know why they kept us waiting for more than five days. I did not go to work all these days. How to make ends meet?’’ he asks.