Employing minor children, both boys and girls, as full time domestic helps is a common feature. Write a letter in not more than 100 words to the Editor, 'The Times of India' advocating the need to stop such a practice which deprives the children of their basic rights.
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The Times of India,
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi.
Dear Sir,
In my locality, as elsewhere in the city and around the country, it is commonplace to find minor children, both boys and girls, being employed as domestic help. I feel it is a breach of the fundamental right of those children of being free from exploitation that is being violated. Both the employers as well as the parents of such children must be punished under the prevailing laws of the land.
I would appeal to you and, through you, to your readers to take up this matter before the appropriate forum and make employment of children as domestic help a cognisable offence under the law.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully
Amit Kumar Sen
Greenfield-15 A
Mumbai
January 18, 2017
The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi
Subject: Unrelenting Problem of Child Labour in India
Dear Sir:
I write to you to express my deep anguish over the unrelenting problem of child labour in our country. I feel a little attention of yours towards the problem will be enough to initiate new campaign in eradicating the problem.
The problem of child labour is quite rampant in all parts of India. In spite of the enforcement of many ani-child labour laws, the problem still exists. The adverse effects of this problem affect the growth, development, and progress of our nation.
Not only millions of children below the age of 14 are working in factories, shops, glass-blowing industry, workshops, etc, they are forced to work in the most unhygienic work conditions. According to Census data, there are over 82 lakh child labourers (aged between 5 – 14 years) in India. Our country needs more and more skilled manpower to achieve the objectives of growth, development and advancement. With so many millions of children working menial jobs, without education, how can India achieve her goals?
Through the medium of your esteemed daily I appeal to the Government to take some proactive and stringent measures to stop this problem of child labour and must ensure education for them. Undoubtedly there are many laws against child labour, however their poor implementation is responsible for the continuation of the problem.
Thanking you.
Yours truly,
Gibran Joshi