<p>Rahul (name changed) was found fixing the harmful filament of a bulb. He wore a torn shirt and worn slippers in one of the most hazardous factory premises in the capital.<br /><br /></p>.<p>His age didn’t favour the occupation and his tiny hands took a little longer, but he had no option.<br /><br />Thirty-three such children have been rescued from bulb-making, shoe-stitching and bangle-making factories in west Delhi’s Mundka and Sonia Vihar in east Delhi. <br /><br />The rescued kids were aged between seven and 15, and they belonged to the villages in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.<br /><br />Four employers have been arrested and eight factories have been sealed. Twenty-four kids have been rescued in Mundka when Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Punjabi Bagh), Delhi Police, Labour Department officials and members of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an NGO, raided the premises of the bulb-making factories and scrap collecting units. <br /><br />The arrested employers will be prosecuted under Indian Penal Code, Juvenile Justice Act and Child Labour Act, said the NGO.<br /><br />According to the NGO, the children were working in hazardous job of segregation of electronic scrap from mobile phones and other electronics. <br /><br />“Most of them worked for 12 hours a day and were found clad in bare minimum clothes, some even had large skin spots in legs indicating skin diseases in extreme unhygienic conditions,” said the NGO.<br /><br />In another raid, nine children were rescued from seven bangle-making units in Sonia Vihar.<br />The rescued kids were promised Rs 5,000 per month, said the NGO. Samrat, 11-year-old, (name changed) said he was working in the factory for the last six months. <br /><br />“I haven’t got regular salary. Sometimes, they pay me Rs 50 and sometimes Rs 100,” he said.<br /><br />R S Chaurasia, Chairperson of the NGO, said child labourers in large number are working in small factories and unorganised sector in Delhi.</p>
<p>Rahul (name changed) was found fixing the harmful filament of a bulb. He wore a torn shirt and worn slippers in one of the most hazardous factory premises in the capital.<br /><br /></p>.<p>His age didn’t favour the occupation and his tiny hands took a little longer, but he had no option.<br /><br />Thirty-three such children have been rescued from bulb-making, shoe-stitching and bangle-making factories in west Delhi’s Mundka and Sonia Vihar in east Delhi. <br /><br />The rescued kids were aged between seven and 15, and they belonged to the villages in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.<br /><br />Four employers have been arrested and eight factories have been sealed. Twenty-four kids have been rescued in Mundka when Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Punjabi Bagh), Delhi Police, Labour Department officials and members of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an NGO, raided the premises of the bulb-making factories and scrap collecting units. <br /><br />The arrested employers will be prosecuted under Indian Penal Code, Juvenile Justice Act and Child Labour Act, said the NGO.<br /><br />According to the NGO, the children were working in hazardous job of segregation of electronic scrap from mobile phones and other electronics. <br /><br />“Most of them worked for 12 hours a day and were found clad in bare minimum clothes, some even had large skin spots in legs indicating skin diseases in extreme unhygienic conditions,” said the NGO.<br /><br />In another raid, nine children were rescued from seven bangle-making units in Sonia Vihar.<br />The rescued kids were promised Rs 5,000 per month, said the NGO. Samrat, 11-year-old, (name changed) said he was working in the factory for the last six months. <br /><br />“I haven’t got regular salary. Sometimes, they pay me Rs 50 and sometimes Rs 100,” he said.<br /><br />R S Chaurasia, Chairperson of the NGO, said child labourers in large number are working in small factories and unorganised sector in Delhi.</p>
