Tag: Bonded Labourers Rescued

Nuapada: In another incident reflecting the plight and exploitation of Odia labourers, 13 people were rescued while being trafficked illegally to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh for bonded labour. All the labourers are from Nuapada district and were rescued by Komana police after raids. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Komana police conducted raids on a […]

Nabarangpur: The district police on Wednesday rescued as many as 12 labourers, including three minors, while they were being trafficked to work in Chennai and Tripura. The police have also detained two middlemen from the spot and are interrogating them to elicit more information on the incident. Acting on an input on migration of some […]

Rayagada: In a swift action, Government Railway Police (GRP) and Rayagada Police rescued as many as 27 bonded labourers including seven minors from Rayagada railway station on Saturday. As per sources all of them were rescued while they were being allegedly trafficked to Andhra Pradesh. The labourers from Odisha were rescued from Bilaspur-Tirupati Express and […]

Bolangir: Barely three days after Odisha government announced a new livelihood package to curb labour migration, 41 bonded labourers were rescued while they were being allegedly trafficked from Kantabanji area in Bolangir district. According to reports, Kantabanji police rescued the 41 labourers including 10 minors when they were being taken to Berhampur by a middleman […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown on human trafficking, Odisha Labour department rescued 250 labourers from Bengaluru. All the labourers who hail from different parts of the State were working at brick kiln and other factories at Yelahanka in Bengaluru. This is reportedly the first major achievement of the Labour Department after it was included under […]