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Child
labourers seek answers
Saturday June 11, 2011 09:34:34 PM, IANS
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Child
labour continues -- unabatedly and shamelessly
Pramod is
all of nine. His tender age, however, does not give him the luxury
of a carefree and fun-filled life. He and his younger brother toil
on the streets of Delhi, selling cigarette and other tobacco
products for a living.
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New Delhi: Thirteen-year-old Ravi asked why policemen beat him up, doesn't he
have a right to live with dignity? Like Ravi, there were many
street children and child labourers who raised such disconcerting
questions here Saturday - the eve of Anti-Child Labour Day.
"It is important to point out that despite a number of anti-child
labour laws being in existence, the number of child labourers has
been increasing in India. There is a lack of political will to
implement these laws strictly," said Vijay of Badhte Kadam, a
group of street and working children.
Badhte Kadam along with NGO Chetna organised a discussion on
status of child rights in the country.
Ragpicker Chandani said: "There is hardly any child who knows
about his or her rights. This is really sad that the government is
not doing anything for us and is just making policies and laws. Do
we deserve this?"
Like Chandani, street and working children from various parts of
the capital posed questions to National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights Member Vinod Kumar Tikoo about their plight.
"The problem of child labour is no doubt a serious problem but
these children will have to say no to labour. You will have to be
firm that you will not work under any circumstances," said Tikko.
Addressing a gathering of these children at the Indian Social
Institute, Tikoo said that apart from the government, civil
society has an important role to play to root this problem.
Responding to a question by IANS about the rampant child labour in
Delhi, Tikoo said: "Traffickers are coming and selling children
from Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and the northeast. This happens because
of poverty and we need some more time to root out this problem."
Tikoo urged the children to report to NGOs, working for street
children, and police if they came across any incident of child
labour.
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