Labour dept rescues 152 child labourers in Mys dist over 3 years
Labour officials, along with those from other departments, conducted surprise inspections, targeting street vendors and other outlets.
They filed FIRs against 15 owners for employing child labourers, and filed 123 cases in courts.
The department conducted more than 3,500 drives against child labour, in coordination with women and child development, social welfare, panchayati raj, home, and the Karnataka child labour eradication project society (KSLEP), rescuing and rehabilitating 152 child labourers.
Additionally, the department collected penalties totalling Rs 4.78 lakh from employers in more than 49 cases.
The courts penalised the employers for employing child labourers.
According to year-wise reports, the department rescued 67 child labourers in 2022-23, 32 in 2023-24, and 53 in 2024-25. It also filed FIRs against 15 employers at police stations, with 123 cases pending in court.
The department has initiated a slew of measures to eliminate child labour completely from Karnataka, working effectively with KSLEP for the rehabilitation of rescued children.
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It has also regularly undertaken awareness campaigns to make people aware of child rights and the hazardous practice of child labour. Street plays, workshops, seminars, and awareness rallies by students were organised, along with distribution of pamphlets, publicity via loudspeakers, and wall graffities outside panchayats and major govt offices.
Speaking to TOI, Chethakumar, the district labour officer, said the labour department, in coordination with various other departments, conducted more than 3,500 drives against child labour across the district in the last three years.
"It also initiated measures to spread awareness among people about the ill effects of such practices," he added.
However, despite these awareness drives and a strict vigil, many child labourers from migrant families in Bihar, Odisha, and north Karnataka districts continue to be employed in sugarcane fields during the harvest season, and at farmhouses, cattle sheds, and brick kilns.
In view of that state sugarcane growers' association vice-president Attahalli Devaraj told TOI the department must carry out raids on these farms to eradicate the menace.
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