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`Plan to eliminate child labour under implementation'

By Our Staff Reporter

ELURU, FEB. 12. The district Collector, Sanjay Jaju, on Friday said an action plan for elimination of child labour in the district headquarters town was under implementation.

He was speaking at a function after flagging off a rally organised by Sarva Siksha Abhiyan as part of building public awareness on the problem.

Four committees, comprising officials and non-officials, were constituted to oversee the implementation of the Child Labour (Prevention) Act in the town. The committees would periodically meet and review the situation, the Collector explained. He said the committee members would identify the child workers engaged in shops and establishments and take steps for their admission in school.

The Project Director, National Child Labour Project (NCLP), K.V. Ramana, said the incidence of child labour was relatively more in upland parts of the district. He said three special schools were functioning for child workers in the agency parts of the district. The Eluru Municipal Chairperson, M. Eswari, and the District Education Officer, P. Parvati, spoke.

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