Smaller
districts seem to in competition with the bigger ones of the state
when it comes to the missing cases of children. Karnataka Missing
Child Bureau statistics show that districts like Ramnagar, Mandya,
Yadgir, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri and Shimoga have registered a spurt in
the number of cases in the last two years with some of them even
witnessing increase in manifolds.
Being
attracted to the fancies of city life, wanting to lead luxurious life
and elopement are said to the major factors which is driving children
to run away from homes. A majority of these children come from BPL
families whose parents are engaged in labour or agricultural
activities. Parents being deep in debt is also one of the reason
which distances their children from them.
Ramnagar
which registered 28 cases in 2010 saw 154 going missing from its land
in 2011. worse, within seven months of the year 2012, the district
bordering Bangalore registered 359 cases of which 140 have been
traced. Its neighbouring district, Mandya went up from 40 cases
during the whole of last year to 146 in just seven months this year.
Likewise, Hassan went up from 42 to 143 and the backward Yadgir
district 18 last year to 121 this year.
Gadag
and Haveri reported 63 and 52 cases this year respectively,up from 10
and 8 last year. Shimoga registered 58 cases this year and 24 last
year. The number of missing children traced in these districts is
abysmally poor.
Jenifer,
Co-ordinator of Child Line, Don Bosco, an NGO working for the welfare
of street children says, the main reason for children running away
from their homes is attraction towards city, better job opportunities
as helpers and also being influenced by other working children who
they come across.
Child
psychologist say that children take the drastic decision of running
away from home when unable to bear the domestic violence in the
family, poverty, alcoholic father, neglect and love affairs.
Co-ordinator
of the State's Missing Child Bureau, Binu Varghese, said that mostly
children in the age group of 12-16 years go missing. “Coming from
remote places these children are lured by city's life. When it comes
to girls, majority of them elope with their loved ones. The delay in
registering missing complaints is a great setback creating lot of
problems, as they get employed and settled down making it difficult
to trace. If the complaint is registered immediately it will be
helpful to trace the children,” he added.
Ramnagar
Shantha Jeeva Jyothi Missing Children Bureau Director Sundaram Edwin
said, "It is not just poverty but even life-style changes,
impact of television and conflicts in the family provoke these
children to run away from homes. As Ramnagar is closer to Bangalore
more children flee to Bangalore. Various awareness programme has been
organised to educate parents to take care of their wards,” he
added.
Bangalore
where thousands of missing cases were registered in the past has seen
a steady decline in the number of cases registered in the last two
years. Officials say, it might be because parents prevent eloping
cases and they don't want to register complaints. 'Anyways, with the
help of latest technology, strict monitoring and online registration
of complaints more number of children are being traced and handed
over to their families,' say Officials.
|
District |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 (July) |
|
Ramnagar |
28 |
154 |
359 |
|
Mandya |
108 |
40 |
146 |
|
Hassan |
85 |
42 |
143 |
|
Yadgiri |
10 |
18 |
121 |
|
Gadag |
12 |
10 |
63 |
|
Haveri |
26 |
8 |
52 |
|
Shimoga |
29 |
24 |
58 |
|
Bellary
|
17 |
16 |
20 |
|
Year 2009-2012 (upto July) |
Missing Complaints
|
Traced
|
Untraced
|
|
Male
|
13202 |
6683 |
6519 |
|
Female
|
4502 |
1181 |
3321 |
|
Total
|
17704 |
7864 |
9840 |
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