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Employing child labourers is illegal, but not in Chikkamagaluru!

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Chikkamagaluru: The land of hills of coffee-Chikkamagaluru is gradually becoming known for a wrong reason. A glimpse at the coffee plantations here will make the reason obvious. Most of the plantations employ young under-aged boys and girls as workers thereby tainting the glorious image of the district.

What brings to light a disappointing side of the story is the death of Vanajakshi, a 13-year-old girl who died under mysterious circumstance here. Vanajakshi’s family had come to Kalasa from Chithradurga and was employed in an estate belonging to one Venkatesh. Vanajakshi was found dead in the family’s accommodation. She was bleeding from nose and thick froth had left a white trail on her face. There is no clarity on the reason behind her death. However, many say that pesticide was sprayed in the plantation on the same day and the girl may have been poisoned accidentally, but no theory makes the reason behind her death clear.

These little hands toil in the coffee estates to fetch a meager Rs 100 at the end of the day. With the sole aim of supplementing the income of the family, these little kids discontinue their studies and toil very hard at an age when they should be learning inside the portals of the schools and also enjoying their leisure by playing games.

Even as scores of kids dropout of schools and start working in plantations, the Department of Labour, Women and Child Welfare Department, the police and other stakeholders turn a blind eye. The only question that crops up while one sees the coffee plantations in Chikkamagaluru is whether Child Labour rules exist in the district or not and if they do how so many plantation owners have gone scot-free despite having young kids working in their plantations.

Employing child labourers is illegal, but not in Chikkamagaluru!

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