350 Child Labourers Rescued From Child Trafficking In Hyderabad

child labourHyderabad Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy told reporters that “So far about 350 children have been rescued and we are in the process of finding out if some more children are forced to work (as child labourers).”

During a massive cordon and search operation on January 24, police had rescued 220 children, including 10 girls, belonging to Bihar from Old City in Hyderabad.
These children were working in hazardous industries, most of them in bangle-making units. The police had arrested 15 persons in this connection.
Most of these children are from Gaya, Jehanabad, Nalanda and Nawada districts of Bihar.
According to the police, they were brought after giving an advance of Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 10,000 and forced to work at bangle manufacturing units for very small salary.

Meanwhile, the Telangana government is planning to send these rescued children back to their native state in special trains.

On the other hand,villagers in Jehanabad, Shiv Ratni Devi said thet there are no minimum facilities in their villages.The children would get better needs of life at work than from their native places. After rescue of children their immediate thought is :where will the Rs.1000 per month the child sends home every month, come from now. Like this in many places poverty forcing the people to keep their children into work.

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