The Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori conducted the checking in Gandhi Vanita Ashram and directed the officials to organize a self-defense training camp for inmates of the Children Home For Girls below the age of 18, operational inside the same premises.
After interacting with inmates in Gandhi Vanita Ashram, the Deputy Commissioner asked the officials of the Department of Social Security, Women and Child Development to send a proposal immediately so that a camp can be held for the girls at the earliest so that they can become self-reliant.
He said that it is the moral duty of the administration to ensure the girls of the home can get equal opportunities as other girls.
He said that girls have an unmatchable level of confidence and capability and if given a chance, they can do wonder. Further, the camp would ensure to give wings to their aspirations and would empower them, he hoped. He said that there are 55 girls in the home out of which 45 girls study in various private schools at free of cost. He also went to a computer lab where the girls were attending their online classes.
Further, the Deputy Commissioner ordered the officials to ensure the proper safety and security of the inmates and told them to install folding security gates outside the Children in Need of Care and Protection in the building of Gandhi Vanita Ashram.
The Deputy Commissioner also took stock of the arrangements in Widow and Destitute and observation Homes.
Meanwhile, Ghanshyam Thori also visited Pingla Ghar at Gulab Devi road and checked the facilities for the specially-abled persons, senior-citizen home, and others there.
He also handed over a grant of Rs one lakh to the management of the Pingla Ghar and asked them to continue to serve the ailing mankind.
Prominent among present occasion included DPO Gurminder Singh Randhawa, District Child and Protection Officer Ajay Bharti, Legal Probation Officer Sandeep Kumar, Child Protection Officers Amneet Kaur, Harneet Kaur, Child Welfare Committee Member Amarjit Singh Anand, and others.