Saree embroidery factories raided
Added At: 2013-01-21 11:33 PM
Last Updated At: 2013-01-21 11:33 PM
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A team under Bhaktapur CDO Ekmani Nepal inspecting a Saree embroidery factory in Madhyapur Thimi on Monday.
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
BHAKTAPUR: A monitoring team formed under Bhaktapur Chief District Officer Ekmani Nepal today raided 24 Saree embroidery factories in Bode of Bhaktapur district. The team said after the raid that it found no minors working in the saree factories.
Following a rescue of children working in these factories in July, factory owners seem cautious about employing minors, said Child Development Society programme officer and a member of the monitoring team, Yubaraj Rokka. “However, we found fiver minors working in a carpet industry in the same area,” Rokka
further said.
CDO Nepal warned the carpet industry owners not to exploit children or be ready to face legal action otherwise. On July 4, 2012, a monitoring team had rescued some 127 minors from embroidery factories. The owners were found to have employed most of the children as bonded labourers.
Government authorities had rehabilitated them with assistance from the World Education, Plan Nepal and Save the Children.
Following a rescue of children working in these factories in July, factory owners seem cautious about employing minors, said Child Development Society programme officer and a member of the monitoring team, Yubaraj Rokka. “However, we found fiver minors working in a carpet industry in the same area,” Rokka
further said.
CDO Nepal warned the carpet industry owners not to exploit children or be ready to face legal action otherwise. On July 4, 2012, a monitoring team had rescued some 127 minors from embroidery factories. The owners were found to have employed most of the children as bonded labourers.
Government authorities had rehabilitated them with assistance from the World Education, Plan Nepal and Save the Children.
Meanwhile, the factory owners have shifted their factories in Kathmandu and Lalitpur to evade raids, Rokka said.
“We will also monitor factories in Kathmandu in coordination with government agencies,” he said.
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