Thursday, December 27, 2012

Balangir kid held hostage by Andhra kiln owner



http://dailypioneer.com/templates/ja_teline_iv/images/arrow.pngBhubaneswar Balangir kid held hostage by Andhra kiln owner
Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:12
PNS | BALANGIR
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Even as the Government has been making tall claims of taking numerous steps for upliftment the poor and vulnerable people, especially children, yet distress migration has witnessed little abatement in the western and southern parts of the State. 
The most grueling factor is the migration of kids, deprivation of their childhood joys, right to education and care, who have to work hard and face exploitation at the hands of their employers in various hazardous brick kilns in Andhra Pradesh.
In a shocking incident, minor Raju Mahanada has been held hostage in a brick kiln of Andhra Pradesh for incomplete work and failure to remit advance money his parents had received before going for work.
According to reports, Padmamahananda of ChoulSukha Village along with her two sons Rajin and Raju had migrated to brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh by taking advance of `90,000 from broker Ramesh Seth. The trio worked in a brick kiln in the Andhra Pradesh for years. However, when they wanted to return home, the brick kiln owner did not allow them saying that he had not got service worth the advance money paid to them. After much pleading, he, however, let off Padma and Rajin, but kept the teen ager Raju with him as mortgage.
According to reports, Raju has been held in the brick kiln owned by one K Ramesh of Rajbollaram village under Medhachal police station limits in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh. Returning home, Padma requested advocate Bishnu Prasad Sharma to get her son released.
“We filed a petition in the JMFC requesting the police to trace and rescue the child. Magistrate Sashirekha Mishra directed the Kantabanji police to trace the child,” informs advocate Sharma.
It is not an isolated case. Many unfortunate children suffer similar fates which go unnoticed. The Government should be pro-active to ensure that the children are not abused and protect them against any exploitation or abandonment. The district administration should set up a Help Desk to collect the information of bonded and abandoned children and take steps for their rescue and proper rehabilitation, says Sharma further.
“The court order has not been received by the police. On receipt of the order, we will coordinate with child welfare committee to trace out the missing child,” says Balangir SP R Praksh.

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