Child Labour and Beggars

Leaving sporadic instances, child labour and beggars, in general, have been removed from the streets of the city and reportedly, even the beggar mafia has not been left standing. And now the Communist government plans to carve out the same scenario in three other cities–namely, Ernakulam, Palakkad and Kozhikode. As shared by CPI(M)’s Abdullakutty, MP, Lok Sabha, to B&E, “Around 112 children were rescued in Kannur alone and most of them are from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.” But the fact is that unless the root cause of begging – poverty – is attacked, simply ‘removing’ beggars is not going to give results.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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