The State government will form a special task force to rescue children from child labour, Minister for Labour Santosh Lad said in Belagavi on Wednesday.
“The task force will have members from various departments and wings of the Labour Department and it will work in coordination to detect and rescue child workers in various industries. The plan is in its final stages and will be implemented soon,” he said.
He was addressing a meeting of Labour Department officials from various North Karnataka districts. He spoke in detail about the ills of social evils such as child labour. “It is not only detrimental to the future of such children but even to the future of the nation. We should not let it continue,” he said.
