Mumbai, May 13 (UNI) The Maharashtra government, headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday gave its approval for implementation of the comprehensive scheme, ‘Mobile Team’, for rehabilitation of the street children in the state on a regular basis.

With this decision, thousands of street children in the state will get an opportunity for education, health, protection and a new life, making this scheme an important milestone in terms of children's rights.

Accordingly, a total of 31 mobile teams will be started in the state, one each in 29 municipal corporations and one each for the eastern and western suburbs of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, and its scope will be expanded in the state in the coming days.

The aim of this scheme is to bring street children, single, orphaned and neglected into the mainstream of society, to make them enjoy education, provide them with medical services and to provide them with the benefits of the necessary government schemes for their comprehensive rehabilitation.

Initially, this scheme was launched on a pilot basis in six districts of Maharashtra, namely Mumbai city, Mumbai Suburbs, Thane, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, under Mission Vatsalya. Considering the positive response received, the scheme would be extended to other parts of the state.

This service will be provided through the selected NGOs under this scheme, especially through child-friendly buses / vans. This van will have a team of four people, including a counsellor, teacher, female staff, driver and caretaker, and the bus will also have GPS-tracking and CCTV camera.

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