Hardlook: Cradle of life in Delhi?s adoption agencies

Posted by: 2016-06-27 07:03:04 ,
By Raj Kumar

CCTV shows two persons, suspected to be a couple, abandoning a newborn outside Govindpuri Metro station in southeast Delhi. CISF officials on duty hear her cries and spot her lying behind an advertisement banner. She is brought to Palna, a home for abandoned, homeless and destitute children. Anushka is her name, decide staff at Palna.
Anushka turned 1-month old on June 15. She is among the 45 girls and 43 boys abandoned or surrendered in Delhi till June 23 this year. The infants have found homes in 12 specialised NGOs (adoption agencies) of the capital, where staff looking after them and other children pray they get adopted by loving families to have a fair shot at life.
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