<p>Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) of Mysore district has directed Zilla Panchayat to construct a bridge with immediate effect on the Varuna canal for the protection of school going children at Belagola on KRS road. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The order follows a complaint by Priya Louis, coordinator of ECHO Spandana, a NGO running the rehabilitation centre for children, in the need of care and protection near the canal. <br />Currently there are 34 children in the centre. The children has to tread along the narrow side of the canal which sometimes flows full. <br /><br />There are instances of children suffering injuries after falling into the water, the complaint said. Fearing danger, a few children have refused to go to school. A bridge of half a kilometer over the canal is already constructed. If a small bridge on the canal near the rehabilitation centre is constructed, it would save children’s lives and ensure both safety and education, the complaint said. <br /><br />Perusing the complaint, JJB assessed that protection was every child’s right and therefore a bridge near their rehabilitation home would be their legal right. JJB, comprising chief judicial magistrate and principal magistrate B Nandakumar and member P P Baburaj issued the order to the Engineering Division of ZP to take action immediately, said a release from <br />Superintendent, Observation Home, M K Kumaraswamy.<br /></p>
<p>Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) of Mysore district has directed Zilla Panchayat to construct a bridge with immediate effect on the Varuna canal for the protection of school going children at Belagola on KRS road. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The order follows a complaint by Priya Louis, coordinator of ECHO Spandana, a NGO running the rehabilitation centre for children, in the need of care and protection near the canal. <br />Currently there are 34 children in the centre. The children has to tread along the narrow side of the canal which sometimes flows full. <br /><br />There are instances of children suffering injuries after falling into the water, the complaint said. Fearing danger, a few children have refused to go to school. A bridge of half a kilometer over the canal is already constructed. If a small bridge on the canal near the rehabilitation centre is constructed, it would save children’s lives and ensure both safety and education, the complaint said. <br /><br />Perusing the complaint, JJB assessed that protection was every child’s right and therefore a bridge near their rehabilitation home would be their legal right. JJB, comprising chief judicial magistrate and principal magistrate B Nandakumar and member P P Baburaj issued the order to the Engineering Division of ZP to take action immediately, said a release from <br />Superintendent, Observation Home, M K Kumaraswamy.<br /></p>
