Nawanshahr - As per the guidelines issued by Deputy Commissioner Mr. Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa (IAS) and Director Social Security and Women and Child Development Department, Punjab, while celebrating the Action Month against Child Labour, the district task force checked child labor in Banga block.
This checking was done under the leadership of District Child Protection Officer Kanchan Arora. During the checking, shops and dhabas on Main Road, Bus Stand, Railway Road and Mukandpur Road of Banga Block were checked. Expressing happiness, the District Child Protection Officer said that due to the checks that have been going on for about a month, the team has not found a single child today. Not found doing child labour.
During the checking, the shopkeepers were informed by the shopkeepers about child labor and the action to be taken according to the JJ Act and told that if any person engages children under the age of 18 in any kind of work, he will be imprisoned for six months. Can be punished with up to two years and a fine of 20 thousand to 50 thousand rupees Also, if a person begs from a child below 18 years of age Then he can be punished up to five years and a fine of up to one lakh rupees according to the Juvenile Justice Act.
He said that begging or begging from children and engaging in child labor is a legal crime The age of children is not to beg or to work but to read and play Therefore, if any child below the age of 18 years is seen begging or doing labor somewhere, then it should be ensured to give information in this regard on the child helpline number 1098. Kanchan Arora District Child Protection Officer, Harvinder Singh Labor Officer, Rajinder Kaur Child Protection Officer, Teacher Surinder Kumar from Education Department, Darbara Singh from Health Department, Sinderpal Clerk from Social Security Office, Anjana Kumari and Pritpal Singh Banga from Police Department were present in the checking team. were