48 child labourers rescued from two Punjab factories
Saturday - August 8, 2020 5:01 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Forty eight children -- 35 boys and 13 girls -- were rescued from two factories in Jalandhar city in Punjab, a government spokesman said on Saturday.A first information report was registered against the owners of both the factories under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016.The minors have since been accommodated at a children's home in Hoshiarpur town and quarantined as per the Covid-19 protocols, he added.
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