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BHUBANESWAR: The state Crime Branch has decided to launch a month-long special drive to trace missing children from September 1. "We have asked police in districts to form special squads to undertake the special drive, though the police stations look for missing children in normal days as well. Crime Branch said the rescue rate of missing children increased from 18.6% in 2011 to 80.43% in 2017. "We often found the rescued children belonged to poor families and were sent by their parents to workplaces in the state and outside to earn money. Children were also rescued from houses where they were engaged as domestic helps, another cop said..