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Hard at work on Pedder Rd sewer: seven teens, one 13, none over 18

Mumbai: Beyond the airconditioning and soundproof windows shutting out the din of the crucial sewer replacement project along Pedder Road is an uneasy reality: around seven children aged between 13 and 17 have been working alongside other labourers, digging trenches, carrying mud and helping construct   ....Read more

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Comforts and LabourBy: richard | Thursday , 7 May '09 12:46:54 PM Reply | Forward Almost all our comforts are dependent on the labour of others. It is shocking but child labour is neither new nor unaccepted in India. In order to compensate these youngsters, the residents of these localities should help them to educate themselves. Stopping the work on this count will only delay our civic work and add unnecessary costs to the projected expenditure.
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