Most of the child labor have similar
ill-treatment in the hotels, shops and factories. They are compelled to work
for a longer period than a matured laborer. They work for a longer period with
less
wages. Their masters very often treat them mercilessly. Minor boys working as
rickshaw pullers and factory workers often face accidents, lose their limbs and
pass their days as disabled persons. Then they have to live as beggars.
Sometimes they suffer from various diseases and have to live a short life.
Normal working period is 8 hours per day as per I.L.O.
convention. Those who work in the office 8 hours a day do not hesitate to make
the minor boy-servant or maid-servant work 15 to 18 hours in their houses. They do
not care at all for those helpless victims of circumstances. Rather they take
advantage of their helpless condition.
But as a nation we cannot remain
simply silent observers. We should realize that the future of our country
depends upon
the children of to-day. A country of children having poor and ill-health will
expedite the degeneration of the nation.
A country of people with poor health
cannot make rapid progress. So all sections of people of our country as well as
the government
should give serious thought to this problem. The government should think
about the grim situation of child labor. Child labor should be stopped by
law. Education should be made compulsory for the children. Poor parents should
be paid allowances to supplement the income and be asked to send their children
to schools. Children coming from poor families should be given free books and
kits. On the other hand, a law should be promulgated against ill-treatment
towards them and it should also fix the hour and wages for the labor. People
in general should be more humane and sympathetic in their treatment towards the
working children
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