Hostels for farmers' kids, HIV+ve children on cards

AURANGABAD: The civic body is working on three initiatives aimed to uplift the underprivileged and neglected sections of the society. The projects in the pipeline are a hostel for children of farmers who committed suicide, hostel for HIV positive kids, and meals to inmates of all the night shelters in the city.
Municipal commissioner Om Prakash Bakoria on Monday asked the concerned authorities to finalise the proposals.
"The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation owns eight flats near Mahanubhav Ashram on Piathan road wherein the authorities wish to open a hostel for children of farmers. We plan to start the facility so that the farmers' kids could take education in the city. It will be a free-of-cost facility for them," Bakoria said.
"Similarly, the AMC owns a building near Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research Centre at Aam Khas Maidan that could be allotted for a dedicated hostel for HIV positive children. These kids need special care and hence we are planning to allot them a dedicated and comfortable space," he said.
In addition to this, the municipal body which is running six night shelters, is trying to rope in non-governmental organisations which could offer meals to the inmates.
The civic body is running the night shelters at various spots in association with NGOs, but paucity of funds is affecting facilities at many centres.