The sad eyes!!
A young under aged ( in terms of labour norms) girl working as a child laborer in a brick and mortar kiln factory spotted in a red soil laterites landscape area!
she told me "Uncle" I miss school very much, But insists she will help her father earn more in the Kiln!!
West Bengal has around 12,000 brick kilns, which employ an estimated six lakh people. According to the 2011 census, there were 550,092 child workers in West Bengal, a figure which is likely to have increased since.
The children were working in It was also found that children had no access to education and most of them suffered from malnutrition. The labourers were denied of gratuity and other service-related benefits.”
( NB. The coloured version is posted earlier)
The sad eyes!!
A young under aged ( in terms of labour norms) girl working as a child laborer in a brick and mortar kiln factory spotted in a red soil laterites landscape area!
she told me "Uncle" I miss school very much, But insists she will help her father earn more in the Kiln!!
West Bengal has around 12,000 brick kilns, which employ an estimated six lakh people. According to the 2011 census, there were 550,092 child workers in West Bengal, a figure which is likely to have increased since.
The children were working in It was also found that children had no access to education and most of them suffered from malnutrition. The labourers were denied of gratuity and other service-related benefits.”
( NB. The coloured version is posted earlier)