NGO Finds That There Are 28,560 Street Children In Hyderabad

A study conducted by an NGO has found 28,560 street children in the city, with boys outnumbering the girls.

The survey, conducted by NGO 'Save the Children' for five months between September 2015 and January this year covering all 150 wards of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), showed boys constitute 61 per cent and girls are 39 per cent of the street children population.
The street children were categorised under three groups, street-living children who live alone on street without a family or adult blood relative, street-working children those who work on streets or public places but return to their families, and children of street families who are homeless but stay with the family on streets.
According to the NGO's study, the findings of which was released today, 70 per cent of street children fall into the category of street-working children who work on the streets but return to their families after work.

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