“I lost my parents at a young age. My relatives engaged me in a shop for work. I work there from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.,” a 12-year-old boy rescued by Labour Department told the officials.
“My mother was bedridden, and I came to work in a shop to feed my family. We don’t have any holidays and are made to work from morning to late in the night,” said another child labourer, Meena (name changed), a semi-orphan.