Subash Gurung
Kathmandu, December 17: The number of children is ever increasing in streets of capital city Kathmandu. We can find many of them roaming around with bare feet’s, spreading hands for money, collecting plastic bottles and bags and even enjoying drugs.
No doubt, most of the street children smoke. A recently done survey on street children collects the data that 98% of the total street children in capital city smokes. In addition it also concluded the fact that 82% are addicted by drug habits involved in drug abusing.
The most common among the street children smells the glue (dendrites) in plastic bags dendrites are cheap and easily available to them. They even enjoy trip of marijuana (Ganza) and medical tablets like proxygen, Nitroson, etc.
We can see many children around Boudhanath, pashupatinath, Basantapur, Patan Park using drugs. The only thing is to take drugs is to be in a trip for a whole day so as to pass the time easily and to be care free." We can take everything easy and it’s a good way to pass the time” a guy with a milk bag in hand replied.
“In a trip, we dare to do anything we like. So, I like to be in a trip.”
It’s the way that the healths of street children are being hazardously ruined. As the trend continuous, the future days will be hard for them. But who is to concern a matter? Question marks arouse – street children themselves, Government or general public?
Children are habitual to take drugs. They are care free and feel good to be in trip. They aren’t anymore near to general public. What general public suggests became a curse to them. So it becomes worthless. Hence, government should make some policies regarding the welfare of street children. In addition they should made some implications to rehabilitee them. It’s would be a great effort a city will be clean. As a result a city will be clean in some extent.
