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700 child labourers rescued from Delhi Zari factories New Delhi: At least 700 child labourers were rescued on Monday morning in the biggest ever raid conducted by the Department of Labour, Government of Delhi, and the acitivists of Pratham Delhi Child Labour Programme, a non-government organisation. The raid was made possible with the help of the Pratham Delhi Child Labour Programme team. Theye were rescued in the raid by the social activist, Junned Khan and many of his colleagues. They were accompanied by nearly 200 personnel of Delhi Police. The raids were conducted on the different locations (Chauhan Bangar, Ghonda, Noor-e-elahi, Arvind Mohalla, Gautampuri and Usmanpur) of East Delhi's Shahdra area. These child labourers were kept under under sub-human conditions and made to work for 15 to 18 hours a day during peak seasons. They are reported to have been made to work under the pretext of making them learn the art of embroidery. Brought from Bihar Most of the rescued child labourers were illegally trafficked from Bihar to work in the flourishing embroidery industry in the Capital. According to the Child Labour (prevention and regulation) Act 1986 the employment of children below the age of 14 years in Zari factories is prohibited. Earlier, on many occasions similar raids were carried out but not many child labourers could be rescued due to lack of proper information about the factories or locations. To establish contacts with these children the activisits of Pratham won their confidence by visiting the Zari factories every day to teach and help them in their work. |
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