In continuation with the drive initiated by UT Child Protection Society for the identification and rescue of child labour in the city, seven more children were rescued on the second day.
Teams of officials of Anti Human trafficking unit, Department of labour, Women and Child Helpline and UT Child Protection Society conducted raids at Sector 20 and Sector 17 and rescued a total of 6 children, all of them boys.
Another child has been rescued from Sector 24 by the Women and Child Helpline, said a spokesperson of UT Administration.
He said that a 13 years old boy working in shop from booth market, Sector 20 has been rescued and he disclosed that he had been sleeping in open in front of the post office of Sector 20 and also sends money to his parents every month. The child has been sent to Snehalaya. The information of the drive was spread in the market and more children could not be traced, added the spokesperson.
Two children were rescued from Punjabi dhabha where they worked as helpers. Another child working as a cleaner was rescued from The Gulatis, Sector 17 here. Seven children after undergoing the medical examination have been sent to Snehalaya, the registered children home under the UT Administration.
A day before, four children were rescued by the UT teams during raids. Director Social Welfare, Mandeep Kaur, emphasised that the purpose of these drives is to act as a deterrent for employment of child labour in the city.