Raipur dist has highest no of child protection homes

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Raipur district in the State has the highest number of child protection homes numbering nine in the State, according to data released in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday.

In a question raised by Leader of Opposition T. S. Singhdeo to women and child development minister Mrs Ramsheela Sahu states that state has around 50 juvenile homes, out of which six are government while 44 are private.

The number of child protection homes in other districts are as follows- Bijapur 4, Balrampur 1, Bastar 3, Bilaspur 3, Dantewada 3, Durg 2, Dhamtari 2, Janjgir-Champa 2, Kabeerdham 1, Kanker 1, Jashpur 2, Kondagaon 2, Korba 2, Koriya 1, Mahasamund 2, Mungeli 1, Narayanpur 2, Raigarh 3, Raipur 9, Rajnandgaon 1, Surguja 2 and Sukma 1.

Minister in the statement says that all the homes are sanctioned by Government of India.