For creating awareness about bonded labour, a media awareness camp was organised jointly by International Justice Mission (IJM), Jan Jagriti Kendra (JJK), Project Mukti , GPR strategies and Solutions here on Thursday.
IJM Jaleel Phlip Zonal Head — and Prashila Communication Officer, Rex Mehta (JJK), Dr Pankaj Masih (Project Manager Mukti), Prajapti from Technical Service Authority addressed the media awareness camp. During the camp speakers discusses the problems of bonded labour and also shared the preventive measures. The experts also informed about provisions and rules for rescuing bonded labours. They termed bonded labour as curse on human and demanded that exploiters/middlemen involved in the racket should be brought to books.
The IJM team informed that they had rescued 117 bonded labourers from Kathua District of Jammu Kashmir in the month of February this year. The five bonded labourers who were trapped in brick kiln facility at Sambha Sector of J&K also shared their pain with media persons. The individuals who according to IJM were rescued bonded labourers belonged to village Janjgir-Champa District narrated their horrific tale and pitiable condition under which they were living for several years before being rescued.