Fourteen child labourers, who worked at various hotels and roadside eateries, were today rescued by the authorities here, officials said today.
The Child Protection Council, Child Welfare Society and the Labour department in a joint operation along with a police team rescued the children.
The children were living in unhygienic conditions at the hotels and roadside eateries, the officials said.
The team, led by District Child Protection Officer Megha Singla, raided 6-7 roadside eateries and hotels and rescued the children. Most of them are from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Singla said that the Labour department and the Child Protection Council were getting complaints in this regard. She said that cases were registered against several traders and a few others were given warning.
She said that the parents of the rescued children would be informed soon and for the time being they have been kept in a children's home at the Ambala Cantonment.
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