TNN 10 October 2009, 07:56pm IST
VARANASI: On Saturday, the notification issued by the labour ministry of the Government of India for barring employment of below-14-year-old children at homes, dhabas and hotels became three years old. But, the voluntary organisations do not see any positive change in the scenario so far.
In view of the same facts, the Campaign Against Child Labour and Campaign Against Child Trafficking have decided to conduct a state-level social audit of the ground realities. State convener of CACL Rajnikant said recently a national social audit was conducted in New Delhi. He said the notification was issued by the labour ministry on October 10, 2006. He held it unfortunate that despite completing its third year, the notification of labour ministry could not bring about a desired change. He said lakhs of children could still be found engaged as domestic servants, light carriers in marriage processions and at dhabas and hotels.
He said Varanasi could be seen as the hub of child labourers in that regard. He said not only at dhabas, hotels and houses, but hundreds of children could also be seen engaged in beggary on the ghats and at railway stations. He said despite the fact that a greater number of adults were unemployed, people employ kids to secure cheap labour.
He said UP had the highest number of child labourers as the children could be found working in all the industrial zones of Moradabad, Kanpur, Firozabad, Meerut, Kannoj, Varanasi, Mirzapur and Allahabad. He claimed the number of child labourers was about nine lakh in the state and a majority of them were still deprived of compulsory and free education.
He said CACL and CACT would launch a statewide campaign and hold a social audit at state-level for preparing a detailed report for forwarding it to the Union Government and Parliament through their central unit. He said Right to Information Act would also be utilised to fix the accountability of government
VARANASI: On Saturday, the notification issued by the labour ministry of the Government of India for barring employment of below-14-year-old children at homes, dhabas and hotels became three years old. But, the voluntary organisations do not see any positive change in the scenario so far.
In view of the same facts, the Campaign Against Child Labour and Campaign Against Child Trafficking have decided to conduct a state-level social audit of the ground realities. State convener of CACL Rajnikant said recently a national social audit was conducted in New Delhi. He said the notification was issued by the labour ministry on October 10, 2006. He held it unfortunate that despite completing its third year, the notification of labour ministry could not bring about a desired change. He said lakhs of children could still be found engaged as domestic servants, light carriers in marriage processions and at dhabas and hotels.
He said Varanasi could be seen as the hub of child labourers in that regard. He said not only at dhabas, hotels and houses, but hundreds of children could also be seen engaged in beggary on the ghats and at railway stations. He said despite the fact that a greater number of adults were unemployed, people employ kids to secure cheap labour.
He said UP had the highest number of child labourers as the children could be found working in all the industrial zones of Moradabad, Kanpur, Firozabad, Meerut, Kannoj, Varanasi, Mirzapur and Allahabad. He claimed the number of child labourers was about nine lakh in the state and a majority of them were still deprived of compulsory and free education.
He said CACL and CACT would launch a statewide campaign and hold a social audit at state-level for preparing a detailed report for forwarding it to the Union Government and Parliament through their central unit. He said Right to Information Act would also be utilised to fix the accountability of government
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