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After six months, the girls will be shifted to Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya. Of these, 20 girls who are 17 or 18 years old will be sent to Maharashtra for skill development training which will help them to get employed. "I discussed the problem with them and they are trying to figure out the field in which these girls can be trained so that they can earn a proper livelihood," he said. "We have tied up with Pratham Pace Foundation, an NGO which will be taking these girls to Maharashtra on August 23 and train them for housekeeping, hospitality and food and beverages management. "Officials of various government departments including health, social welfare, education, labour and police have been working towards the programme since the beginning of the year under the coordination of the DCPC.The team has also identified 61 orphaned girls between the age of 15 to 18..