The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has reached out to the chairpersons, District Development Committees and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) seeking support and cooperation in boosting the efforts being made by the commission to make Delhi ‘Child Labour-Free’ by 2023.
According to official, the DCPCR has sought intervention in three areas primarily-ensuring monthly meetings of District Task Force (DTF) for rescue and rehabilitation of child labourers.
“The commission also wants to ensure efficient utilization of Child Labour Fund for rehabilitation of the rescued children and helping in awareness generation on the menace of child labour. The MLAs have been requested to popularize Child Helpline Number 1098 and DCPCR’s Whatsapp Number 9599001855 for reporting child labour,” said the official.
“Being the Chairperson of respective District Development Committees, the MLAs shall be frequently interacting with the District Magistrate, other departmental officers, representatives of RWAs, Markets, Mandis and Industrial Associations besides the public at large. Thus, the MLAs can raise the issue of child labour with all the stakeholders as well as the public and thereby, help the Commission in eradicating child labour from Delhi,” said the official.
“Keeping in view the snowballing menace of child labor during the pandemic, DCPCR has remained engaged in evolving a long-term strategy to make Delhi ‘Child Labor-Free’ by 2023,” said the official.
“Besides coordinating regular rescue operations, a number of measures have already been initiated by DCPCR such as tracking of rescued children, monitoring meetings of the DTF meetings, reaching out to civil society partners for information of instances of child labour and monitoring transfer of compensation, backwages and restoring,” said the official.