Haryana intensifies crackdown on child begging in Panchkula, launches coordinated rescue operations

Panchkula, Nov 4 (UNI) Haryana's child rights commission has intensified its drive against child begging in Panchkula, mobilising police and multiple government departments to identify vulnerable children and conduct simultaneous rescue operations across the district. Several children found begging or living in unsafe conditions were rescued during the first day of the "Bhiksha Nahi, Shiksha" (Education, Not Begging) campaign, officials said on Wednesday. The children underwent medical examinations before being produced before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Panchkula, for further proceedings under the law. The commission did not disclose the number of children rescued. Haryana State Commission for Protection of…