7 child labourers rescued from textile markets

SURAT: Continuing its operation against the child labourers in the diamond city, the labour department rescued seven child labourers from three textile markets located on city’s Ring Road on Wednesday. Official sources said the child laboures were rescued from the textile shops, where they were employed for organizing and packing sarees in boxes on job work.All the rescued children are hailing from Rajasthan and are below 14 years of age.
Official sources said the labour department’s task force personnel led by assistant labour commissioner, Ashish Gandhi raided the TT Market, Swadeshi Market and Mahavir Market on Wednesday. During the operation, the task force team found child labourers who were packing the sarees and arranging the boxes.
In the last fortnight, the labour department has rescued a total of 17 child labourers from the textile markets. Earlier, 10 child labourers were rescued from TT Market and Shiv Shakti market. The child workers were made to sit on the floor, beside the saree stacks and boxes and that they were organsing and packing the sarees in the boxes.