Annual Report 2009-2010 4.208 On consideration of the report submi�ed by the team of the Investigation Division, the Commission directed the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India to make surprise inspections of the day-care centre in Hanuman Temple, Connaught Place and other such centres run by Salaam Balak Trust for street children in Delhi and observe all the activities being carried out in these centres. The Commission furthermore directed Ms. Kalyani Chadha, Director, Ministry of Women and Child Development to submit a detailed report. 4.209 While passing the above order, the Commission felt that it is necessary to ensure that the financial aid given by the Government to NGOs for care and protection of street children is properly utilized. In addition, it directed that a team of Investigation Division shall visit the day-care centre at Hanuman Temple, Connaught Place and one or two other centres being run by Salaam Balak Trust in Delhi and see whether the street children were being given the care and protection envisaged under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme and present its report. 4.210 Accordingly, a team from the NHRC Investigation Division visited Kishalaya, Aasra and Arushi centres run by Salaam Balak Trust for the care and up-keep of street children. Kishalaya is a day care centre near Hanuman Temple, Connaught Place, Delhi. Aasra is a shelter for boys in Paharganj, New Delhi whereas Arushi is a shelter for girls in Gurgaon, Haryana. 4.211 The team observed that Kishalaya was being run from an open space under the sky. The team found out of 47 children enrolled with the centre, only 13 happened to be street children and the others were the children of local labourers working in the temple. It was moreover observed that the purpose of the day-care centre had been reduced to providing only food during lunch time. 4.212 During their visit to Aasra, the team found 30 to 40 boys in the age group of 7 to 15 in the shelter. The hygiene condition in the room where the children were kept was not satisfactory. It was noted that the Trust had not made any effort to restore the children to their parents. The contact point of this shelter was on the First Floor of P.S. GRP, Paharganj. The team was informed that the contact point was functional up to 2 p.m. only. 4.213 In Arushi, the overall environment including food, hygiene and medical care was found to be satisfactory. The shelter was located in the building of the Trust itself. It provided 24 hours shelter to young girls. It had staff strength of 10 with 53 girls in the age group of 4 to 22 years. Out of these 53 girls, 29 girls were regular school students, 7 girls were studying through the National Open School and 17 girls were being given non-formal education in the shelter home itself. 4.214 A�er studying the conditions of all the three shelter homes, the Investigation Division team of the Commission made the following recommendations: • The day-care centre at Kishalaya should not be reduced to a mere feeding point. Programmes for imparting education to the street children should be initiated. • The contact point at Paharganj Railway Station should be functional all the 24 hours for the benefit of runaway children who may come any time by train. NHRC 49