Shankar jiwal, School

Chennai, April 26 The Chennai City police have rescued 2,541 people abandoned in the streets in the past year under its project 'Kaaval Karangal'.The project was launched in April 2021 to rescue and protect those who are abandoned by families and have nowhere to go.City police commissioner, Shankar Jiwal in a press statement on Tuesday, said that the project was implemented in association with the Greater Chennai Corporation and NGOs for the welfare of the general public.He said that more than 40 organisations, including NGOs, were associated with the programme to help and rescue those abandoned in the streets by families or are destitutes.According to police, of the 2,541 rescued, 1499 were accommodated at care-giving homes run by non-governmental organisations.The statement said that 161 of those rescued were rehabilitated with their families after the identities of the families were found out. Police also said that 159 of those rescued were given mental health assistance at the Institute of Mental Health.On April 21, 2021, that 'Kaaval Karangal' was launched by the Chennai City police in association with Greater Chennai Corporation, other government departments including the social welfare department, and some NGOs.The abandoned and homeless persons, according to police, were rescued after calls were received from neighbourhoods about the presence of people roaming the streets. Police had conducted detailed studies on people who were into begging in the city, those who were sleeping on pavements, on the verandah of shops, and in public places. These people were brought to the shelter homes and if someone insists that he/ she wanted to go out, it was allowed.Around 770 bodies found on the street were cremated at public crematoriums. Police said that proper inquest and post-mortems were conducted before such bodies were cremated and the photographs of the body were kept in police stations as station records.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Shankar JiwalFOLLOW

Shankar jiwal, Latest News

A 20-year-old youth named Yasir was arrested in Hyderabad's Santosh Nagar on Friday for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl inside the premises of a private school in Moin Bagh. The accused is the son of the school principal. ...

Chennai, June 27 The Tamil Nadu Police have commenced a crackdown on drug traffickers, who were earlier on ... ...

Chennai, June 13 Commissioner of the Greater Chennai Police, Shankar Jiwal has ordered an inquiry into an alleged ... ...

Chennai, May 29 Citing the recent killings in Chennai, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition ... ...

Chennai, May 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Thursday evening. He was received at the Chennai ... ...

Tamil Nadu BJP Central District Chairman of the SC/ST wing, Balachandran, was hacked to death by three unidentified assailants in Chintadripet, a locality in Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Tuesday. ...

Parents in Delhi have urged the state government to either revise the school timings or advance the summer holidays ... ...

Chennai, April 26 The Chennai City police have rescued 2,541 people abandoned in the streets in the past ... ...