Kolkata Couple: Kolkata couple adopts infant girl from Odisha | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: A four-month-old girl from R Udayagiri block in Gajapati district has been adopted by a couple from Kolkata, West Bengal. The child was surrendered by her unwed mother to the district administration over three months ago.
Following guidelines from the Central Adoption Resources Authority (CARC), Gajapati collector Srumti Ranjan Pradhan handed over the baby to the new parents on Thursday evening at Paralakhemundi.District child protection officer (DCPO) Arun Kumar Tripathy, officials of the childcare home were also presented.
The couple had waited nearly four years to adopt a child through CARC. “At last we got a baby and from today, she is our daughter,” said the adoptive mother. The couple run a business in Kolkata “Unable to take care of the child, her unwed mother had handed her over to the district administration after about 20 days of her birth. The baby was housed in a childcare institute near Paralakhemundi,” said the DCPO.
Tripathy said since the establishment of a specialized adoption agency in Gajapati district in 2018, nearly 55 children have been adopted by families both within India and abroad.
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