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The representative child in Assam, today, is a shell-shocked and frightened entity, bereft of opportunity to bloom in an atmosphere of freedom, laughter and gaiety. Secessionist activities, separist movement and ethnic conflict coupled with actions of the State to counter them have created a situation, which has impaired the very foundation of the future generation. Assam Police, the vanguard to tackle the situation, cannot address the scenario merely with conventional coercive policing. The hour has arrived to extend the baton with compassion, love and a humane attitude, so that our children may step into a world of normal childhood and receive opportunities to become responsible future citizens. It is with these objectives in mind, that AASHWAS, an Assam Police Project to help the child victims of violence in Assam is being inaugurated. UNICEF, the harbinger of hope for the children world-wide, has come forward to work in this direction in Assam along with Assam Police. |
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| PRESENT SCENARIO IN BRIEF: | ||||||||
As per office records, a total number of 2206 civilian populations were killed by different armed outfits in Assam during last 10 years while a total number of 1173 militants were killed by security forces during the same period. During the same period 1679 numbers of personnel belonging to police, paramilitary forces and Army also lost their lives. In addition, hundreds of people laid their lives in ethnic violence and other serious crimes. And the situation continues to be grim. The children belonging to the families of all the above categories have been obviously deprived of a normal childhood. The Decade old violence has certainly affected health and family care in the rural areas with special programme like Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) having been disrupted in a large number of cases. The education scenario is dangerously precarious owing to an environment of degrading value of learning. Instances of school buildings have been destroyed by bombing in various districts of Assam are many. Children in many cases are deprived from attending school as many schools are occasionally used for relief camps or accommodation of security forces. Frequent bandhs called by different organisations to further campaign also disrupt routines and examinations. The syndrome of child soldiers is not alien to the scenario in Assam with scores of young men providing different extremists outfits with services as soldiers, couriers and spies. As per findings of the 1999 workshop report of UNICEF there are 74103 children living in relief camps in Kokrajhar district. Out of them 1257 children are orphaned and 426 abandoned. Thus, a very large number of children in Assam are not only the victims of violent circumstances but also unjustly getting drawn as participating parties in terror campaigns. |
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ORDER In supersession of this office order No. G/XX-278/vol-1/146 dt., the 23rd Nov,01 the Committee formed to monitor the functioning of the "Project Aashwas" shall be from now as follows:
SI.No.(2),(3) and (4) shall continue to hold the posts irrespective of any change in their present official appointments.
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