Alleged bonded labourers rescued from farm in Bylakuppe
6 years, 6 months ago

Alleged bonded labourers rescued from farm in Bylakuppe

The Hindu  

Fourteen people, allegedly kept in confinement as bonded labourers, were rescued from a ginger farm in Bylakuppe in Periyapatna near here. After receiving a tip-off, a team led by Periyapatna taluk tahsildar Mahesh J., accompanied by Social Welfare Department official Rame Gowda, and the police, raided the farm on Friday evening and arrested the grower Umesh while rescuing the fourteen who had been forced to work in the farm allegedly as bonded labourers. The rescued labourers, who hailed from different parts of the State including Gadag, Dharwad, Mandya, Haveri, Raichur, Davangere, Koppal and Nelamangala, had not been paid their wages for the last five months and were forced to work for more than 12 hours a day, and often beaten, according to the FIR. The labourers, all of whom are men between 28 and 60 years of age, had been brought to the farm by a relative of the accused on the promise that they would receive wages of ₹350 per day, a house to live in, three meals a day and alcohol at night, according to a note issued by International Justice Mission, whose representatives were part of the team that rescued the labourers.

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26 bonded labourers freed from charcoal-making unit in Pune district
1 month, 2 weeks ago

26 bonded labourers freed from charcoal-making unit in Pune district

The Hindu  

Twenty-six bonded labourers along with their family members, totalling 48 persons, have been rescued from a charcoal-making unit in Pune district, an official said on Friday. For the charcoal unit at Girvi village in Indapur tehsil of Pune district, Bandalkar allegedly forced the men to bring wood from the jungle, while women and children were held captive at the site …

Rescued bonded labourers recall their woes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rescued bonded labourers recall their woes

The Hindu  

Five decades after bonded labour was abolished in India, the evil continues to thrive in some districts of Andhra Pradesh as well as in some other States in India. Three persons, including two women, who were released from the clutches of their employers on the intervention of government and non-governmental agencies, poured out their tales of woe at an interaction, …

Four minors among 9 ‘bonded labourers’ rescued from Kapurthala farm
4 months ago

Four minors among 9 ‘bonded labourers’ rescued from Kapurthala farm

Hindustan Times  

Nine migrants, including four minors, who were forced to work as “bonded labourers” at a potato farm in Kapurthala’s Sidhwan Dona village were rescued on Friday. The action came after two other labourers managed to escape from the farm and reached Meghpur village in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, where they informed local authorities about the apathetic working conditions. After the Sitamarhi …

Survivors of bonded labour in Maharashtra: unshackled, yet the scars run deep
1 year ago

Survivors of bonded labour in Maharashtra: unshackled, yet the scars run deep

The Hindu  

On a warm morning in March, 100-odd residents of Manavseva Project, a shelter home at Arangaon, 11 km from Ahmednagar town in western Maharashtra, are out in the open, basking in the bright sunshine after breakfast. Police Inspector Sanjay Thenge, who joined the Belvandi police station in 2023, says the prevalence of bonded labour in the district’s Shrigonda taluka came …

Look Into Allegations of Bonded Labourers in Border Villages, Submit Report: MHA To Punjab
3 years, 11 months ago

Look Into Allegations of Bonded Labourers in Border Villages, Submit Report: MHA To Punjab

News 18  

The Union home ministry has asked the Punjab government to look into allegations that farm workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were being trafficked to the state and forced to work as bonded labourers. The home ministry’s letter, dated March 17, says the Border Security Force has highlighted trafficking, narcotics abuse and bonded labour in the state, asking the chief …

Rescued bonded labourers quell anxieties of migrant labourers in Odisha
4 years, 11 months ago

Rescued bonded labourers quell anxieties of migrant labourers in Odisha

The Hindu  

As the lockdown deadline draws closer, anxiety in remote Bhatigaon panchayat in Odisha’s Bargarh district steadily rises. For the past one month, Mr. Podha has been constantly motivating about 90 migrant labourers stranded in Tamil Nadu and their family members back home in Odisha to stay calm. Rescued as a bonded labourer from Andhra Pradesh a few years ago, he …

Bonded labourers rescued in Kancheepuram
5 years, 6 months ago

Bonded labourers rescued in Kancheepuram

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Eighteen bonded labourers belonging to five families, employed to work in a woodcutting unit at Palamthandalam, were rescued by revenue officials in Kancheepuram. Tahsildar Kanchana Mala said, “Based on a tip-off from an NGO that five families from Tamil Nadu were forced into slavery, the Kancheepuram revenue officials and the local police conducted a surprise inspection at the woodcutting …

42 bonded labourers, including 16 children, rescued from two locations in Tamil Nadu
5 years, 8 months ago

42 bonded labourers, including 16 children, rescued from two locations in Tamil Nadu

Op India  

On Wednesday, 42 bonded labourers including 16 children were rescued in the state of Tamil Nadu. They were rescued from two wood cutting units in Kancheepuram and Vellore. In Kancheepuram, 27 people were rescued at a wood cutting unit in Konnerikuppam village. A picture of Kasi, one of the rescued labourers, has been shared widely on social media today.

Assam Police rescues 19 bonded labourers, including a child, from Golaghat; main accused absconding
5 years, 9 months ago

Assam Police rescues 19 bonded labourers, including a child, from Golaghat; main accused absconding

Firstpost  

Altogether 19 persons, including a woman and a child, working as bonded labourers were rescued by police in Golaghat district of Assam, a police officer said on Wednesday. The rescued people were engaged for various works at Anundoram Bora’s house in the village. Golaghat: Altogether 19 persons, including a woman and a child, working as bonded labourers were rescued by …

Hassan: 24 bonded labourers rescued? Officials doubt NGO's claim
6 years, 1 month ago

Hassan: 24 bonded labourers rescued? Officials doubt NGO's claim

Deccan Chronicle  

Hassan: A non-governmental organisation in Sakaleshpur has reportedly rescued 24 bonded labourers who were allegedly made to work in a brick kiln by its owner and also confined in the kiln for over six months though authorities claim it is not a case of bonded labour. “They include 5 couples, 10 children and four teenagers; they were trafficked by two …

SC agrees to hear plea by bonded labourers in Bihar seeking ownership of agricultural land
6 years, 9 months ago

SC agrees to hear plea by bonded labourers in Bihar seeking ownership of agricultural land

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by 38 families living in bonded labour in Bihar’s Madhubani, seeking direction for grant of ownership of land. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by 38 families living in bonded labour in Madhubani district of Bihar, seeking direction for grant of ownership and possession …

107 bonded labourers rescued
9 years, 9 months ago

107 bonded labourers rescued

The Hindu  

Over 100 persons, including five children, were rescued from “jail-like” conditions in an agarbatti factory at Kaggalipura, close to Kanakapura, on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. However, on enquiry, they found that 107 workers – mainly from West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand and Nepal – were forced to work there without proper payment. According to International Justice Mission, which …

56 bonded labourers rescued
11 years ago

56 bonded labourers rescued

The Hindu  

Fifty six bonded labourers including 10 children below the age of 10 were rescued by revenue and police officials from a brick kiln on the banks of Thirumalairajan river at Kabisthalam in Papanasam taluk on Sunday. All the 56 persons were employed at the kiln as bonded labourers after taking advances from kiln owners. M. Govinda Rao, Sub-Collector, Kumbakonam told …

33 bonded labourers rescued in Hoshiarpur
11 years, 2 months ago

33 bonded labourers rescued in Hoshiarpur

Hindustan Times  

Thirty-three people, including 10 children, who were allegedly forced into bonded labour at a brick kiln in Bathula village of the district, were on Thursday rescued by social activists and volunteers of the union ministry of labour, New Delhi. The activists said they had been alerted that a large number of labourers from Chhattisgarh worked in deplorable conditions at the …

118 bonded labourers rescued in TN
11 years, 7 months ago

118 bonded labourers rescued in TN

India TV News  

Chennai: More than 100 bonded labourers hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and Tamil Nadu have been rescued from 27 locations in Krishnagiri District during raids this week. Based on a National Human Rights Commission's notification to Krishnagiri district administration that there was a possibility of bonded labour cases in 27 places, a team led by Sub-Collector Parveen P Nair …

273 bonded labourers rescued in Tiruvallur
11 years, 9 months ago

273 bonded labourers rescued in Tiruvallur

The Hindu  

Uttam was given only one day off in a week to venture out of the brick kiln. Uttam was one of the 273 labourers from Odisha who were tricked into working as bonded labourers at two brick kilns in Chennai’s neighbouring Tiruvallur district. After seven months of working close to 17 hours a day for six days a week at …

64 Indian labourers rescued from factory in southern Nepal
12 years, 2 months ago

64 Indian labourers rescued from factory in southern Nepal

India TV News  

Kathmandu, Jan 17: Sixty-four Indians, including 27 minors, who were working in a brick factory in southern Nepal as bonded labourers, have been rescued. Siraha District Court yesterday freed 64 labourers who were forced to work in Om Brick Industry in Siraha District for the last two months, with the help of the local administration, according to the police.The Siraha …

'Bonded labourers' rescued
13 years, 3 months ago

'Bonded labourers' rescued

The Hindu  

In an operation early on Tuesday, the Wadegera police in Yadgir district's Shahapur taluk rescued 18 persons, including nine women and four children, who were allegedly bonded labourers at a private sugar factory. “We were forcibly kept in the factory,” said 50-year-old Pundalik from a village in Aurad taluk of Bidar district. When they complained about the poor conditions and …

77 labourers rescued from brick kiln units
14 years, 6 months ago

77 labourers rescued from brick kiln units

The Hindu  

Four-year-old Martin twists his tiny hands to demonstrate how he used to flip bricks that were laid out to dry in the kiln in which he and four other members of his family were employed in Rajanakunte police station limits at Yelahanka here. Mr. Peelaram's family is among 18 families rescued from two units of the SLN Brick Kiln owned …

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