CHENNAI: Seven child labourers from West Bengal were rescued last Friday from the goldsmithery of ‘SH Jewellery’ in Choolai. A district task force, including officials from the district child protection office, labour department, revenue department, special juvenile police unit, social welfare department, along with Childline workers and activists, conducted the inspection at SH Jewellery around noon on Friday. According to …
Almost every weekday, a section of the busy Hunters Road at Choolai turns chaotic at peak hours. Vehicles, especially those transporting school children, getting stuck at the intersection of Kalathiappa Street-Hunters Road at school hours is a common sight. Kalathiappa Street is a very narrow lane, and almost every day, vehicles, particularly two-wheelers and autorickshaws carrying school students, get stuck …
