The Haryana Government is all set to put child labour in all its forms and manifestations to an end in the state labour department, Haryana will conduct Intensive Anti Child Labour Campaign from May 28 to June 12 tobserve World Day against child labour.
While stating this a spokesman of the labour department said during the campaign, teams comprising SDMs, executive magistrates, tehsildars, officers of social welfare department and labour inspectors of labour department would inspect the business establishments, hotels, dhabas and residential areas where child labour might be found, especially in prohibited employments.
He said meetings would be held to make people aware of the ill consequences of child labour. Resident Welfare Associations would also be called in the meetings to sensitise them against the problem of child labour in general and especially against child labour as domestic help. Wide publicity of anti child labour laws would be made through advertisements in newspapers and putting hoardings at public places so as to eliminate this practice completely from the state, he added. The spokesman warned the owners of hotels, dhabas and factories not to employ children in their establishments. Stern action to be taken against the owners of those establishments where minor children were found doing work.
