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Avatar Posted by kiran 184 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: child labor bmc contractors
The children were employed to clear gutters along Tansa Pipe Road of silt and garbage.

As part of its preparations for the monsoons, the BMC will spend between Rs 30 to 35 crore to clean the storm water drains. At Ghatkopar, the children were being paid Rs 100. read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 185 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: bmc water drain child labor child labour
At one hand BMC is buying state of the art machines to stich the roads and in ghatkopar minors between the age of 10 and 14 are being used by contractors appointed by BMC because they can easily slip into the narrow mouths of drains to collect silt and garbage. It seems BMC is trying everything to save their skin this mansoon. read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 403 days ago (Editorial)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: child labor
I have read stories about small kids coming to Mumbai working in the canteens and starting their own restaurants by the time they are 20 and also seen hindi movies showing the kids going through hard labor to become heroes; remember "Saab .. mai aaj bhi feke hue paise nahi uthata". What has changed drastically since then is the number of such kids flowing in mumbai and the bollywood scripts. read more »
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