19 child labourers rescued from hazardous factories
Nineteen minors, working in hazardous sticker factories, were today rescued from Kanjhaola area of north-west Delhi, an NGO working for children said. The child labourers rescued were from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and most of them were trafficked from their native villages by middlemen, Bachpan Bachao Andolan chairman R S Chaurasia said. Acting on a complaint filed by the NGO, Sub Divisional Magistrate - Saraswati Vihar, Ajay Kumar, along with labour department district task force and police, raided several places in Anandpur Gaon, Kurala and Madanpur Dabas, rescuing the 19 minors. The children were working for 12-14 hours a day without any wages, Chaurasia said. "The children working in the stickers unit had to work in hazardous and dangerous conditions as they had to melt rubber in a temperature of 200 degrees. They used to melt the rubber to make stickers out of it for some well known branded companies," he said. Nine-year-old rescued worker Nurul (name changed) said, "We used to work from early in the morning. The temperature was so high that at the end of the day I used to develop sores on my hands and it used to be very painful. We were not given anything to wear to protect our hands from the heat." Another labourer, 12-year-old Ajay (name changed), said, "I have been working since seven months now, but I have never received any wage from my employer. He said that now I am in training period and so I would not be given any salary. He did not even send any money to my parents." One chemical factory has been sealed on the order of the SDM. All the rescued child labourers were produced before the Child Welfare Committee which ordered that the children be sent to a rehabilitation centre.
Source: ibnlive
Nineteen minors, working in hazardous sticker factories, were today rescued from Kanjhaola area of north-west Delhi, an NGO working for children said. The child labourers rescued were from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and most of them were trafficked from their native villages by middlemen, Bachpan Bachao Andolan chairman R S Chaurasia said. Acting on a complaint filed by the NGO, Sub Divisional Magistrate - Saraswati Vihar, Ajay Kumar, along with labour department district task force and police, raided several places in Anandpur Gaon, Kurala and Madanpur Dabas, rescuing the 19 minors. The children were working for 12-14 hours a day without any wages, Chaurasia said. "The children working in the stickers unit had to work in hazardous and dangerous conditions as they had to melt rubber in a temperature of 200 degrees. They used to melt the rubber to make stickers out of it for some well known branded companies," he said. Nine-year-old rescued worker Nurul (name changed) said, "We used to work from early in the morning. The temperature was so high that at the end of the day I used to develop sores on my hands and it used to be very painful. We were not given anything to wear to protect our hands from the heat." Another labourer, 12-year-old Ajay (name changed), said, "I have been working since seven months now, but I have never received any wage from my employer. He said that now I am in training period and so I would not be given any salary. He did not even send any money to my parents." One chemical factory has been sealed on the order of the SDM. All the rescued child labourers were produced before the Child Welfare Committee which ordered that the children be sent to a rehabilitation centre.
Source: ibnlive
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