Child labor was monitored in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City, which has been declared a child-friendly municipality.
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Five children involved in child labor have been rescued from various wards of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City.
During the monitoring, children involved in child labor were rescued from various business organizations.
Child labor monitoring was conducted in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City, which has been declared a child-friendly municipality. The monitoring was conducted in motorcycle workshops, hotels, and candy manufacturing companies in wards 2, 4, 11, and 19 of Hetauda, said Jhabindra Gyawali, coordinator of the Civil Child Helpline Makawanpur.
During the monitoring, a 15-year-old boy who had been working at Abdulal Body Builder Workshop in Hetauda-11 for seven months, a 12- and 15-year-old boy who had been working at Sameer Motorcycle Workshop in Hetauda-4 for a year, and a 10-year-old boy who was selling cotton candy produced by an industry in Hetauda-11 from Hetauda-4 were rescued.
Similarly, The Sub-metropolitan City Police rescued a 15-year-old boy from Keshari Furniture in Congress Chowk, Hetauda-2 and sent him to the Labor Office, informed the Office Chief Rudranarayan Shah. According to Shah, the head of the Labor Office, employers who employ child labor have been fined Rs 170,000 and paid compensation of Rs 22,000.
Cotton candy manufacturers have been fined Rs 50,000, Sameer Workshop Rs 50,000, Abdulal Workshop Rs 20,000 and Keshari Furniture Rs 50,000. The Labor Office imposes fines according to the age group of the children.
Children will have to be paid compensation of Rs 32,000 per month for working. Gyawali, coordinator of the Civil Child Helpline, informed that the rescued children were sent to the Labor Office. The rescued children are from Chitwan, Rautahat, Parsa and neighboring India. Monitoring was conducted in 6 garages, 3 hotels and a grocery store.
Sharmila Rai of the Labor and Employment Office, Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City Child Welfare Officer Bina Thing, representative of the District Administration Office Deepak Kumar Poudel, representatives of the Nepal Police, and Program Officer of the Child Helpline Samjha Adhikari, among others, participated in the monitoring.
