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Plan to declare Madurai district child labour-free on Thursday

Staff Reporter

Decision taken at Convergence Meeting

MADURAI: The district administration has planned to declare the district "child labour-free" on June 30.

A decision to this effect was taken at the District Convergence Meeting where representatives from Inspectorate of Factories, Department of Labour, Revenue, Rural Development, Social Welfare, Education, Public Works, Highways, Family Welfare, Information and Public Relations, Madurai Corporation, Municipalities, Executive Officers of upgraded panchayats, non-governmental organisations, self-help groups, trade unions and business establishments participated in the meeting.

Action to be initiated against the violators of the norms under the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act 1986 was discussed at the meeting.

The administration appealed to the public to report any incident of child labour in the following phone numbers: Collector Office, Madurai-20, Ph: 2531678; Office of the Inspector of Labour, Madurai-20, Ph:2532972; Offices of the Inspector of Factories, Madurai-2, Ph:2530729; Chief Educational Office, Madurai-2, Ph:2530651 and Child Line, Ellis Nagar. Ph:1098.

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