Separate cell for street children needed, say gender

Panaji, Feb 11 (PTI) There are an estimated four crore street children in India, and a separate ministry for children and a special cell for street children were among the recommendations of participants at the ‘Difficult Dialogues’ conference on gender currently on here.

Surina Narula, CEO of Difficult Dialogues, said the definition of street children was “street connected’ and need not be homeless and orphans.