Vishnu Kamble, 33, has been a conductor with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) for 12 years. He has a 13-year-old son and a daughter who is 11 years old. “Look at him,” Kamble said, holding up a photo of his son. “Does he look like he’s old enough to be working? Every day, he walks 4 kilometres across hilly terrain to work in someone else’s farm so that he can earn Rs. 200.” Kamble’s daughter has also started working as an agricultural labourer.
“At a time when they should be studying, they have to work,” said Kamble, who is from Aurangabad.
