Sources said that labour mafias are in active in rural pockets of the district to supply child labourers to other states. They have been engaged local unemployed youths to motivate poverty stricken, distress and hap less child labourers to go other states in quest of job. They commit to give good remuneration and other initiatives in reputed company in which poor families agree to send their children to other states in quest of job. Later, they humiliated and tortured the child labourers in other states. Hundreds of child labourers and other labourers have been migrated to other states.
On Friday, labour mediators Krishna Biswas and Karuna Mani, of UV-52 village under Umerkote, police station limit, along with two persons Mohammed Goush and Mahammed Yunus, who were belongs to Hyderabad motivated local poverty stricken childrens to generate high income in Hyderabad. They gave assurance to local child labourers to employ them in a reputed Company of Hyderabad.
It may be mentioned here that this year crop would fail due to scanty rainfall so the poor parents have forced to send their children to other states in quest of job. Other guardians have expressed that they have been deprived to get work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in which they are living in harassed condition so they have forced to send their children to other states for daily workers.
IIC of Umerkote, police station Mr.Tapan Rath, said that one the parent of teens informed, the matter and he requested Koraput PS, to detain OSRTC, Bus Raighar-Vishakapatnam, and after search they found the accused aswell as the child labourers, Mr.Rath has expressed that accused contractors has no labour license in which they were arrested four persons and forwarded to the court,where their bail petition was rejected. Meanwhile, police has informed the guardians to hand over their childrens.
