A few days ago, a team from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) rescued 59 children from the factory. The hands of the children were burnt and skin peeled off from the palms of some.
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These children were working in local garages, hotels and other commercial establishments in different parts of Delhi.
These leaders have been demanding a special scheme for the rescue and rehabilitation of child labourers.
"So unfortunate, that a boy at the age of playing with toys is doing child labour and was forced to lie. The boy was very shocked and nervous."
'As the pandemic wreaks havoc on family incomes, without support, many could resort to child labour,' said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
The top court's bench comprising of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy sought reply from the Centre and all the state governments on the matter.
The building was not supposed to house a factory, had no fire safety clearances, no fire safety equipment, flouted laws by allowing employees to sleep in the dingy, ill-ventilated premises and, according to reports, even employed child labour.
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