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Sustainable Development

Rs. 20 for food, all expenses: Girls in these Karnataka hostels deprived twice over?

by The Daily Eye Team January 22 2014, 12:47 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 46 secs

Bangalore: Karnataka’s government-run hostels for deprived girl children have been criticized for being more of a farce than a measure of empowerment by the state’s women and child welfare department. The daily allowance in these hostels is just Rs. 20 per child. The children are expected to manage their food, medicines, books, electricity and gas within this meager grant. Leave alone a nutritious meal, the girls in these hostels say they don’t even can’t even afford basics like sanitary pads and medicines. They say the unhygienic conditions in the hostels may lead to illness, but visiting a doctor is a luxury NDTV travelled to a hostel in Magahi village in southern Karnataka. We found the girls were ready for school, much ahead of time. They said they look forward to the mid-day meal in school – the one guaranteed meal in the day.

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