Rajouri, Nov. 15 -- Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav has called for greater civil society participation to strengthen the district's child protection mechanism under Mission Vatsalya.

He was speaking at a one-day training programme organised by the District Administration Rajouri in collaboration with the National Development Foundation, Jammu, and UNICEF India on the Mission Vatsalya Manual for the three-tier child protection mechanism.

Around 120 stakeholders from police, education, labour, rural development, health, social welfare, Mission Vatsalya and civil society participated in the programme.

Rajiv Kumar Khajuria, Honorary Patron, National Development Foundation, was the keynote speaker. He sensitised participants about...