Members of the Bala Panchayat have discussed various issues concerning children and child rights at the interface programme organised by an NGO, Child Rights Advocacy Foundation (CRAF).
More than 300 children, who were members of the Bala Panchayats participated in the programme. They discussed on some case studies, which they solved at the village level.
The Bala Panchayat members discussed pressing issues like drug abuse among children, school dropouts, child marriages, involvement of minors in crimes, developing kitchen gardens and other issues in the programme, said CRAF State programme director, P. Francis Thambi.