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57 child labourers rescued in Delhi | Authorities, during a raid on Thursday rescued about 57 children, who were working in factories in New Delhi. The joint raid was conducted by the officials of the Labour Department and child rights non-governmental organisation (NGO) at the Garhi area in south Delhi. "During
surveillance, we (Labour Department) along with police, SDM (State District Magistrate)
office, 'Bachpan Bachao Andolan' (Save Childhood Campaign) and Delhi Child Labour
Rehabilitation cum Welfare Society, have rescued 57 children from Garhi area,
who were working in hazardous factories," said Om Prakash, an official of Labour
Department, Government of India. Most of the children were from Nepal, Bihar and
West Bengal and were working for 12-13 hours per day. They were paid between rupees
50-100 a week. Officials said that these children would be rehabilitated and the
employer would be tried under stringent provisions of law. "For the rehabilitation
of these children, they'll be produced before CWC (Concerned for Working Children)
officials, and they will send them to Women and Child Development homes. After
that, they'll be handed over to their families," said Prakash added. According
to the NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, about 500-600 child labourers have been rescued
from New Delhi over the last four months. Child rights activists said that India
has failed to enforce a ban on child labour and there has not been a single conviction
in the past three years since the law came into effect. More than 12 million children
below the age of 14 are working as domestic servants or in other jobs such as
in stone quarries, embroidery units, mines, carpet-weaving units, tea stalls,
restaurants and hotels, according to government data. |
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