DNA: Mumbai: Sunday, July 20, 2014.
Two and a
half years ago, on the occasion of Children's Day, chief minister Prithviraj
Chavan had promised to revive an industrial training institute (ITI) which
works towards the upliftment of underprivileged orphans. Today, however, the
promise is far from kept, a right to information (RTI) application filed by
city-based activist Anil Galgali has revealed.
The ITI, a
subsidiary of the Children Aids society, is at present non-functional. On
November 15, 2011, Chavan had announced his plan to revive the institute, set
up in 1989, which has so far provided employment to 943 orphans between 1991
and 2013.
According to
a reply given by the society's CEO to queries raised by Galgali, the trainees
were placed in renowned establishments like BARC, Indian Railways, BEST, ONGC
and others.
"Despite
such an excellent track record, the government has not done its bit. I have
written a letter reminding the CM to revive the institute immediately. It has
been instrumental in shaping the future of so many children. In the absence of
such an institute, several students are losing opportunities to join the
mainstream and be rehabilitated," said Galgali, who heads an NGO called
the Athak Seva Sangh.
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