Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Mayor offering job to the woman residing in Kaithamukku, who handed over four of her six children to CWC, because of poverty, is a noble gesture. However, the socio- economic issues that led to the incident also to be looked into.
A poor young woman becoming the mother of six poses a question before the Health Department and its family welfare schemes. Her child eating soil due to hunger makes all schemes relating hurger-free villages in the state in stake. The Asha Workers, Ayalkoottam, Kudumbashree, and other charity agencies not seeing this family, is rather curious. The woman's husband, instead of earning for the family, becoming drunkard also indicates the liquor policy of the state.
The corporation and CWC gestures are praiseworthy but what actually needed is rehabilitation of the entire family. The CWC denying parental care for children when parents are alive, is not in the right direction.
K A Solaman
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