India : 40 farmers send back 176 child labourers

The representatives of GALU and CACL are continuously organising meetings with farmers from last fifteen days in Ider taluka. Around 40 farmers have already sent back 176 children working on their farms in last five days.
Representative both from Indian Express and ANI visited the Field areas along with representatives of GALU and CACL. After their visit they wrote about the situation of children working on cotton farms. There were quite a few articles published in the News papers. These news have been even publised by the National Media.
GALU and CACL is very happy to share that after publising these articles in the National Media The National Human Rights Commission issued notice to Gujarat and Rajasthan Government. Following is article from TOI 3rd August.
NHRC issues notices to Gujarat, Rajasthan over child-trafficking:
Taking suo moto cognizance of reports of tribal children being trafficked to Gujarat from Rajasthan to work in cotton farms, the National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notices to both the state governments.
The NHRC issued notices to the Chief Secretaries of Gujarat and Rajasthan following a report which said that tribal children, aged between 10-15 years, from Banswara, Dungarpur and Udaipur in Rajasthan were being trafficked to cotton farms in Gujarat's Sabarkantha and Banaskantha districts.
Noting that the incident was a "serious issue of violation of human rights", the commission said it has asked the senior officials to submit their replies within four weeks. It said the children were paid Rs 40 for 10 hours of work when the minimum wage in the state was Rs 50 and even this meagre amount was not given to them.
The NHRC said the amount was paid to the contractors who brought these children to the farms. Besides, these children, including girls, were made to live in makeshift shelters in the middle of cotton fields, making them vulnerable to abuse, the report said.