Police rescue 7 homeless from Kathmandu streets

By Republica
Published: January 03, 2019 09:14 AM

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: With Kathmandu’s temperatures dipping to lowest levels in recent days, the Metropolitan Police Range Office (MPRO), Kathmandu has started rescuing and rehabilitating homeless children and elderly from the city’s streets. The police move comes after homeless persons started dying on Kathmandu streets at the rate of one person every day.

According to the spokesperson of the MPRO, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hobindra Bogati, the initiative aims to rescue those living on the street and hand them over to their respective families. “We will find out what forced them to come to the streets, find their families and rehabilitate them,” Bogati said.

The initiative, which started from Tuesday evening, resulted in the rescue of seven homeless persons from Kalimati, Swayambhu, and Sitapaila areas. They have been sent to Himalaya Elderly Home at Gongabu and will be handed over to their families later. The rescued persons include Bhimsen Baskota, 40; Rabi Thapa, 50; Dipesh Rai, 55; Nawaraj Thakuri, 54; Ram Kaji, 40; Lakshman Dhakal, 50; and Gyanendra Singh, 67.

Bogati said that police are working in coordination with various welfare organizations to provide necessary medical treatment to the rescued persons. 

 

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