Children below the age of 18 are vulnerable in the migrant labour situation where the child does not get proper care for growth with education while the parents of the child are forced to migrate for livelihood resource mobilisation, said social worker Ranjit Patnaik at a workshop organised by the Youth Association for Rural Reconstruction (YARR) on the occasion of its 38thfoundation day at Boinda here on Friday.
Patnaik said migration is rising day by day due to lack of planning to provide hundred days work in lean period within the 5 km from home of a migrant labour. In addition to the situation there are many factors which is motivating them to go for more earning, a long term job guarantee and a team work for construction of infrastructures with specific skilled work where the people have been trained are not getting adequate jobs within the State, but children are out of their mind to provide care for congenial environment for education and growth.
He further said in this scenario the State Government will have to monitor the implementation of mega schemes like MNREGS, PMGSY and livelihood sustenance programme child below the age of 18 are much vulnerable in the migrant labor situation where child is not getting proper care for its growth with education while the parent of the child is forced to migrate for livelihood resource mobilisation in out of home situation for the economic growth of the rural poor with micro planning and mass participation of people as per the need of the area and the target people as well.
The workshop was presided over by YARR president Anadi Sahoo. Among others, Zilla Parishad member (Boinda zone) Jayanti Pradhan and newly formed luhamunda gram panchayat sarpanch Tilotama Nayak also spoke.