CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shivhar, today a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Shivhar District Labor Department Labor Superintendent - Vijay Kumar Thakur. In which the Labor Superintendent, after lighting the lamp, told that taking any work from children below 14 years of age and making teenagers (14) and above 14 years and below 18 years) work in dangerous occupations and processes is a punishable offense. Also, making them work at a wage less than the wages fixed by the government is a double crime.

He has said that those who take work from child laborers below 14 years of age in hotels, dhabas, restaurants, brick kilns and domestic workers etc. should be careful.

Those who employ children above 14 years of age or adolescents (14 and above and below 18 years of age) in hazardous businesses and processes such as firecracker industry, brick kiln, paper industry etc. should be cautious.

The guilty employer (employer) can be fined up to Rs. 50,000/-.

Associate Kailash Satyarthi Children Foundation and Bihar Gram Vikas Parishad Secretary-Dr. Ramchandra Rai told that

The guilty employer (employer) can be punished with imprisonment up to 2 years along with the above mentioned fine.

Apart from this, as per the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, a compensation amount of Rs. 20,000/- will also be recovered from the guilty employer.

The parents or guardians can also be fined up to Rs. 10,000 for making their children and adolescents (14 and above and below 18 years of age) work for money.

The Child Labour Awareness Chariot was flagged off.

Present in it were - Labour Superintendent, Shivhar- Block Development Officer Mohammad Rahil, CPO from District Child Protection Unit, LEO-Abhay Kumar, Haider Ali, Bihar Gram Vikas Parishad- Dr Ramchandra Rai, Anil Kumar, Komal Kumari, Savera Organisation- Mohan, Piramal- Navneet Kumar, Kumar, Pratham- Anjana, Mahima, and other officials.