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Child labour flourishes in Manipur despite ban
Nagaland Post | Agencies | Imphal Feb 8 ()
Child labour continues to flourish in Manipur inspite of it being banned by the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. Manipur employs over 1200 children under the age of 14 as labourers. In Imphal, children work as vendors at traffic intersections and in eateries.
Selling balloons at a roadside in Imphal, Mohammad Shakil, 11, hails from Bihar. He does not go to school as poverty deprives him of such an opportunity. “We are poor and homeless, that is why we have to work. I used to go to school, but not any more. My parents are poor and they cannot afford it,” said Shakil.
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