Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has turned a special focus on brick kilns in the erstwhile Karimnagar district following complaints of migrant labourers suffering ill-treatment at the hands of their employers. There are also allegations that women workers are being subjected to sexual abuse. Apart from being forced to live in abject conditions, the hapless labourers are made to work during night hours too. About 146 workers from Odisha toiling in various brick kilns in the Peddapalli district were rescued last month. According to CID reports, about 20,000 from Balangir, Bargarh, Khurdha and Sambalpur districts of Odisha are working in brick kilns in Peddapalli and Jagtial districts.
