Delhi Government to conduct surveys to identify children orphaned by Covid-19

Delhi Government will conduct surveys to identify children orphaned by Covid-19.The department said it had appointed 20 welfare officers who will survey different children's homes, institutions and district offices in the city.

After the second wave of Covid 19 has wreaked many lives, leaving a large chunk of kids orphaned and helpless. Delhi Government's women and child development plans to conduct surveys to identify children who have been orphaned during Covid-19. The department said it had appointed 20 welfare officers who will survey different children's homes, institutions and district offices in the city.

Delhi Government has planned to give a compensation of rupees 2,500 per month to the children who are orphaned and According to a survey by Delhi Commission for protection of child Rights (DCPCR) it said, over 2,000 children in the city have lost either one or both their parents to novel coronavirus infection, with 67 of them loosing both their parents since the pandemic. Adding that it also said,651 children have lost their mothers and 1,311 children have lost their fathers. Meanwhile, DCPCR has also said that the details of these children have been shared with the Department of Women and Child Development for necessary action on its part and ensuring enrolling beneficiaries in schemes notified by the Delhi Government