Initiative of State Child Rights Protection Commission to bring awareness about child rights
Police personnel, Anganwadi workers and girl students were honored on the 15th Foundation Day of the Commission
Raipur, June 17, 2025: Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai launched the Sarthak and Rakshak campaign to bring awareness about child rights on the occasion of the 15th Foundation Day celebration of Chhattisgarh State Child Rights Protection Commission. On this occasion, while addressing the program organized at Pandit Deendayal Auditorium in the capital Raipur, he said that the State Child Rights Protection Commission has an important role in raising awareness about child rights in the remote areas of the state. He said that new campaigns like Sarthak and Rakshak will prove effective in making people aware of the rights of children. Addressing the program, Chief Minister Sai said that a strong society can be built only through education. In the remote areas of Chhattisgarh state, especially Bastar and Surguja divisions, children go to other cities at an early age in search of work, but due to lack of information, many times they become victims of exploitation. It is the responsibility of the commission to identify such children and provide them benefits from government schemes by linking them to employment. He said that our government is running many schemes focused on children and youth. Our government is providing school, college, coaching facilities in every village. Along with this, maximum facilities are being provided to the students through works like Prayas in the field of education, Nalanda campus and Tribal Youth Hostel in Delhi.
Varnika Sharma, Chairperson of Chhattisgarh State Child Rights Protection Commission, gave detailed information about the work of the commission. It is worth noting that Saarthak Abhiyan is being run to bring awareness about child rights and Rakshak Abhiyan is being run to provide special information about child rights protection laws in universities. Police personnel, Anganwadi workers and girl students who did better work for awareness of child rights were honored in the foundation day ceremony of the commission. Along with this, the new guide booklet of Chhattisgarh State Child Rights Protection Commission, protector booklet and cartoon books based on good touch, bad touch, safe touch, human trafficking and right to education were also released. On this occasion MLAs Mr. Sunil Soni, Purandar Mishra, Guru Khuswant Saheb, Civil Supplies Corporation Chairman Sanjay Srivastava, Wakf Board Chairman Dr. Salim Raj along with many public representatives and organisations associated with the commission and social workers were present in large numbers.
