Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) expressed concern over the negligence of the Child Care Institution (CCI) and the Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department officials on the death of a tribal girl, Vakalamma, on August 19.
The Commission observed that the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) of NTR District, did not keep track of the four Yanadi girls after referring them to the CCI.
SCPCR member B. Padmavathi, who probed the death of the girl, said though the four siblings were rescued from Madhura Nagar Railway Station in Vijayawada, on July 2, but the CWC had sent the orders to Chiguru Home, Nava Jeevan Bala Bhavan (NJBB) on July 27, on placement of the girls.
