Raids find no instances of child labour

Raids were conducted at several brick kilns, rice mills and industrial units in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts for three days ending on Friday to check for child labour.

Seven teams comprising officials of the Industrial Safety and Health Directorate conducted the raids at 113 places during the three days and there were no child labourers working in these units.

Awareness drive

The exercise was done as part of the initiatives to observe Anti Child Labour Day. Officials created awareness of prevention of child labour and advised the unit holders to put up boards announcing that child labour was not practised on their premises.