Construction

Construction work holds many dangers for children and teens.

Roadblocks to Child Labor Elimination in India

February 13, 2012

VASUDHA VENUGOPAL [from The Hindu 2.13.2012] The HinduA child at a brick kiln in Tiruvallur. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam Every evening on the Marina, 10-year-old Karunakaran is among the several who urge visitors to buy a packet of pattani sundal. Around 5 p.m., he returns home from school, picks up the basket of 50 sundal packets [...]


Blogger Cites Child Labor at Commonwealth Games in India

October 4, 2010

In addition to charges or corruption and general mismanagement in the preparations for the Games, there were also reported incidents of child and forced labor being used in various construction projects for the events. …Columbia University Press – ht…