The Childline, Brahmapur in association with the Railway Child Help Desk organised a signature campaign on the World Day against Child Labour at Khallikote College Sqaure here on Wednesday.
Chief guest Brahmapur MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu inaugurated the campaign in the presence of Brahmapur MLA Bikram Panda, former MLA Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik, Brahmapur Development Authority Chairman Subash Chandra Moharana, Indian Society for Rural Development (ISRD) vice-chairman Prabhu Prasad Patra and Mahasweta Padhi.
The objective of the campaign was to abolish child labour in Brahmapur with this year’s theme “Children shouldn't work in fields, but on Dreams”. More than 500 people, including students, policemen, teachers, lawyers, scribes, businessmen and Government employees, lent their signatures to support the campaign.