As reported by Save the Children, children
between the ages of 14–17 years engage in hazardous work and account for 62.8%
of India’s child labour workforce in which more boys than girls (38.7 million
vs. 8.8 million) are forced into doing more hazardous work. Child labour used
to be most ubiquitous in rural India in which 80% of working children found
work.
CHILDLINE team in Tungri Chibasa, West Singhbhum carried
a joint rescue operation along with Labour Department and Police. CHILDLINE
rescued 13 years old male child during the joint rescue operation. The child
was found working in a garage in hazardous condition. An FIR was lodged against
the employer under the JJ Act by Labour Enforcement officer in Sadar Thana,
Chibasa. As standard protocol, CHILDLINE team presented the child before Child
Welfare Committee (CWC). As per the order from CWC, the child was kept in
shelter home for temporary period.
CHILDLINE team presented the child along with
the child’s parents before Child Welfare Committee (CWC) again. As per the CWC
order child was handed back to his family.
CHILDLINE 1098, India’s phone helpline service
for children in distress, rescues and rehabilitates thousands of child
labourers every year throughout the country. Child labour cases have increased
marginally by 11.71% during the year 2018-19 as compared to the previous year
which includes mainly children who are involved in work at restaurant/dhaba,
hazardous work, domestic work, beggary and sex trades. It was also observed
that 77% of children involved in labour activity were males. (Figures recorded
from April 2018 to March 2019)
Disclaimer: Names and details have been changed to
maintain confidentiality as required.
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