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Programmes for conservancy workers

By Our Staff Reporter

COIMBATORE, MARCH. 2. The Kovai Child Labour Abolition Support Society (CLASS) is conducting awareness programmes on child labour for conservancy workers of the district.

The Project Director of Kovai CLASS, V. Jisha, said that there were reports that a number of conservancy workers were taking their children with them for work. Hence, the Kovai CLASS decided to organise one-day awareness programmes for them. Under the programme that commenced in Tirupur on February 9, all the 751 workers were covered. Ten programmes were conducted for those in Coimbatore Corporation and eight more were planned.

During these programmes, interactive sessions were organised to find out why the workers sent their children to work. The importance of education was also explained to them.

An undertaking was taken from them stating that they would not send their children to work. Ms. Jisha said that these were being organised at a total cost of Rs. 3.14 lakhs and all the workers would be covered by March 18.

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