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- June 12, 2011
- By Pramila Krishnan
- DC
- chennai.
- One, two, pick up the bricks; three, four, arrange the stones; five, six, slog in the pit; seven, eight, weigh the stones; nine, ten, wipe the sweat. Child workers slog in a brick-kiln at Tiruvannamalai on Saturday — Ganesh.
Rallies, demonstrations, stage shows and all kinds of awareness programmes will be organised in many places today, voicing concern for child workers.
At the same time, if you peep into your neighbourhood hotels, textile showrooms and farmlands, you can see for yourself that the 25-year-old Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) still remains on paper.
The regulations like children should work for only three hours, work in non-hazardous jobs, employers should provide weekly off, kids should work only in a clean and hygienic work places, as mentioned in the Act, do not find any meaning in day-to-day life.
Why Ruling class wouldn't address Child Labour, permanently, is because they are not a vote-bank, whereas the Child-Abusers are!
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