The Dehradun district magistrate R Rajesh Kumar has directed officials concerned to conduct regular raids to restrict child labour activities and beggary across the district. He has asked the officials to prepare a complete database of children who are found as labourers and beggars in the district.
Kumar instructed this in the meeting of the district task force headed by him on Thursday.
He said that parents of the children found as labourers or beggars during the raids must be identified too. Besides this, the DM said that special arrangements should be made for the protection and education of such children.
He also asked the officials to work on strengthening their information system.
He said that the local intelligence unit should also be involved in this programme in order to get the information of children being brought from other states in advance for criminal purposes. Such steps can help authorities to reach the people involved in such heinous crimes against children, stated Kumar.
He ordered the committee members and the labour department to execute the plans while ensuring proper implementation to catch the offenders.
