As many as 22 children hailing from Darbhanga district in Bihar who were working as labourers at different places here were rescued on Thursday.A team comprising officials of the Ganjam Child Welfare Committee (CWC), child protection unit, district labour Office, ISRD-Childline and police, rescued the children, aged between eight to 12 years, working at several make-shift food stalls at Tulsi Nagar, Somnath Nagar, Niladri Vihar, Gate Bazaar and Aska Road areas.
Campaigners of the Childline had brought the matter before the district administration, following which Ganjam Collector Prem Chandra Chaudhary directed to conduct raids and rescue the child labourers.later, the district administration appraised the Darbhanga district administration about the incident and made arrangements for their rehabilitation. Besides, it was also decided to hand over the children to the district CWC for taking up necessary steps for the children’s future.Sources said all the children were brought by Aghunu Sahani and Om Sahani. The district labour Department will take action against the two inter-State middlemen.