<p>A raid by authorities rescued 328 bonded labourers, including 106 children, from a brick kiln in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The labourers rescued hail from Odisha and were allegedly made to work for 12 hours per day on a salary of Rs 20, officials said.<br /><br />The raid was conducted by a district administration team led by revenue official S Jayachandran on Saturday based on inputs from an NGO, International Justice Mission, about the plight of the labourers.<br /><br />Those have been provided Rs 1,000 each by the district administration which has requested the Southern Railway to attach three extra bogies in a train to send them to Odisha this evening, Jayachandran told PTI.<br /><br />According to a bonded labourer, they were promised salaries of Rs 350-Rs 400 per day for construction work taken up at Pudhukuppam in Thiruvallur district.<br /><br />"But, we were working (in the brick kiln) here on a mere salary of Rs 20 per day for 12 hours," another bonded labourer said.<br /><br />"We had to work for long hours. Most of us were not allowed to access basic food and toilet facilities," the labourer said.<br /><br />He claimed that some of the labourers were working for several months. Some of the rescued children were below the age of 15, he added.<br /><br />The owner of the brick kiln, who had employed the labourers, is absconding and a case has been registered, an official said.</p>
<p>A raid by authorities rescued 328 bonded labourers, including 106 children, from a brick kiln in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The labourers rescued hail from Odisha and were allegedly made to work for 12 hours per day on a salary of Rs 20, officials said.<br /><br />The raid was conducted by a district administration team led by revenue official S Jayachandran on Saturday based on inputs from an NGO, International Justice Mission, about the plight of the labourers.<br /><br />Those have been provided Rs 1,000 each by the district administration which has requested the Southern Railway to attach three extra bogies in a train to send them to Odisha this evening, Jayachandran told PTI.<br /><br />According to a bonded labourer, they were promised salaries of Rs 350-Rs 400 per day for construction work taken up at Pudhukuppam in Thiruvallur district.<br /><br />"But, we were working (in the brick kiln) here on a mere salary of Rs 20 per day for 12 hours," another bonded labourer said.<br /><br />"We had to work for long hours. Most of us were not allowed to access basic food and toilet facilities," the labourer said.<br /><br />He claimed that some of the labourers were working for several months. Some of the rescued children were below the age of 15, he added.<br /><br />The owner of the brick kiln, who had employed the labourers, is absconding and a case has been registered, an official said.</p>