Labour Commissioner M.V. Seshagiri Babu asked officers of line departments and the NGOs working against child labour to come forward to put an end to child labour in the State.
He directed the Deputy Commissioners of Labour (DCLs) to meet Collectors and prepare a plan for holding coordination meetings with all department officers for the month-long drive against child labour, which begins from June 1.
Speaking at the State-level consultation on child labour abolition and rehabilitation, jointly organised by the Labour Deparment and NGOs, Child Rights Advocacy Foundation (CRAF) and BBA on Wednesday, Mr. Seshagiri Babu directed DCL and other stakeholders to constitute a team to take up a survey, surveillance, rescue and rehabilitation of child labour.
