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BHUBANESWAR: Even after three years, riot-hit children of Kandhamal district continue to languish sans help of any kind from the State Government. Immediately after the riots in 2008, children of the affected families were forced to drop out of schools and many of them turned child labourers. Many children along with their families migrated to other districts and states. There was allegedly no protection, no access to education and care provided to such children. These appalling facts and many other issues pertaining to children in Kandhamal were raised at a State-level public hearing on child labour and other child rights issues by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) here on Wednesday. Activist Mahendra Parida presented a survey report on the plight of children of Kandhamal by National Solidarity Forum and Integrated Rural Development for Weaker Sections in India (IRDWSI) before the Commission. He also presented a database of 1,500-odd riot-hit children which he had submitted to the NCPCR and the State Women and Child Welfare Department. He, however, alleged that the department is yet to take any action on it.  read more »