Survey of child labourers at MICA mines

JSCPCR will soon conduct a survey of child labourers allegedly engaged in MICA mining. During a meeting with the Secretaries of different departments at Project Building on Tuesday in the presence of NCPCR member, Priyank Kanoongo, it has been decided that alongwith conducting the survey a developmental roadmap will be also prepared for the child labourers rescued for mines for their rehabilitation.

“At present, we do not have proper figures of child labourers working in MICA mines. Hence a fresh survey will be done to know about their status. Also, figures given by certain agencies cannot be accepted as they had not used any substantial evidence as when the survey was conducted and the sample size,” said JSCPCR Chairperson, Arti Kujur. Secretaries of Department of Education, Labour including women and child development were present during the meeting.