Commitment of People's Representatives to declare child labor free

Meanwhile, in the child labor prevention program conducted by the municipality, the people's representatives of the municipality expressed their solidarity to declare the municipality free from child labor by making all the wards of the city free from child labor.

Banepa Municipality Chief Shanti Ratna Shakya said that in order to declare the town free from child labour, the municipality has created a 'child labor free local level declaration procedure' and is conducting various programs. According to him, since Banepa municipality is a commercial area, it is a challenge to free the market area of ​​the municipality from child labor.

The use of child labor has not been stopped in hotels, garages, brick industries and other areas operating in the market area. The number of Indian child laborers outside the district is more than the children inside the city. BANEPA is monitoring the city area to reduce child labor.

Banepa Municipality Women, Children and Senior Citizens Branch Officer Vijaya Subedi said that 18 Indian children were found to be working in garages and tire resoling areas in the city last June. According to him, instructions have been given to the concerned businessmen to remove the child labor found in the city area.

In addition, she informed that during the monitoring, children were also found working from the neighboring districts of Sindhupalchok, Makwanpur and other areas. According to him, children from these areas have been found to be in forced labor.

"We found many people who dropped out of studies and came to work," she said, "We even found that some of them were working without pay." The municipality has planned to facilitate the transportation of Indian child laborers to the border, but they are having difficulty reaching their relatives.'

In order to declare the city free from child labor, a local coordination committee has been formed under the coordination of the head of the municipality, with the involvement of the local level social development committee, employers, trade unions, child labor related organizations, local level children's network, civil society, local administration, media personnel and other stakeholders. Officer Subedi gave information.