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Jharkhand CM says 30 minors rescued from being trafficked to Delhi
3 years, 8 months ago

Jharkhand CM says 30 minors rescued from being trafficked to Delhi

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said that as many as 30 minor girls and boys were rescued last week owing to the steps taken by the state government to end human trafficking and migrant workers’ exploitation, news agency PTI reported. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, In a statement, Soren explained that on June 24, a crackdown by the …

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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 …

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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 …

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258 bonded labourers rescued
10 years, 1 month ago

258 bonded labourers rescued

The Hindu  

As many as 258 persons from Odisha, working as bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Pudukuppam in the district, were rescued on Wednesday. According to Tiruvallur Sub-Collector A.R.Rahul Nadh, the district administration received a call from a Hindi-speaking person at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, claiming that he and hundreds of people, who migrated to Tamil Nadu on a …

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In Bhadohi, Kailash Satyarthi is a household name
10 years, 5 months ago

In Bhadohi, Kailash Satyarthi is a household name

Hindustan Times  

Nobel peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is a household name in Bhadohi, the carpet hub of India. After Satyarthi’s campaign to save children from bonded labour got international acceptance RugMark gave way to GoodWeave in 1994. Along with Swami Agnivesh, this Nobel Peace prize winner rescued 41 children from carpet industry from Balwariya village of Kon block, Mirzapur district. “When …

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'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 …

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