Tag: Brick Kiln

As seen in the video, several groups of labourers, including male and female, are narrating their plight. One elderly woman said that they are made to undergo inhuman torture and not even getting food or water. Several children were also seen in the video.

In a similar incident, another video of a labourer from Odisha requesting the Sub-Collector of Redhakhol to rescue him from Raipur in Chhattisgarh has gone viral.

Migration to work in brick kilns demonstrates human distress in most acute form. Children too are engaged in brick making while they ought to have been in school.

Koraput: As many as 18 tribal girls from Narayanpatna area of Koraput have been allegedly held captive by the owner of a brick kiln in Hyderabad. According to sources, all the girls hail from Pipalpada panchayat who had gone to Hyderabad where they were engaged as bonded labourers at the kiln. The labourers have alleged […]

Bolangir: After 11 months of torture and exploitation, a migrant family of Titlagarh in Bolangir district has finally returned home from Hyderabad. The family from Siker village under Titlagarh block of the district had moved to Hyderabad to work in a brick kiln as labourers. The brick kiln owner had assured them to pay Rs […]

Balasore: Tension erupted in Santaragadia in Nilagiri area of Balasore district following the death of boy after being hit by a truck this morning. Following the incident, irate locals stated a road blockade demanding compensation for the kin of the deceased. They also set the truck on fire and vandalised a nearby liquor shop. “The […]

Hyderabad: As many as 140 minors, including girls, who were working at a brick kiln on the city outskirts, have been rescued today, police said. All the children belong to Odisha, they said. The minors, all below 18 years of age and some even aged between 7 and 8, were working in a brick manufacturing […]

Chennai: National Human Rights Commission today sought a factual report from Tamil Nadu government in two weeks on the recent rescue of 550 bonded labourers from a brick klin in neighbouring Tiruvallur District. Citing a report in an English daily on March 3 that the bonded labourers were freed by State authorities in Tiruvallur District, […]

Bhubaneswar: The 17 women labourers of Koraput district who were reportedly held captive for last 3 months at a brick kiln in Telangana were rescued on Friday. Based on allegation brought by the family members of the women labourers, a joint team of Laxmipur police and officials of Labour department reached Telangana and rescued them […]

Cuttack: A team of seven doctors here is battling to save the highly-infectious broken arm of a 12-year-old boy, who was allegedly beaten by the owner of brick kiln in Gulbarga district of Karnataka where he worked along with his parents. The doctors in the team have been drawn from the orthopaedic and plastic surgery […]

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 […]

Balasore: In a new twist to the alleged rape and murder of the 13-year-old girl in Nilagiri, a Childline team on Saturday said that the victim was engaged at the brick kiln as a child labourer. During their visit, the delegates discussed about the incident with the victim’s family members after conducting an on-the-spot investigation […]

Bolangir: Despite the tall claims of the State government on strict enforcement of laws to curb the trafficking of people to and from Odisha to work as migrant labourers, the illegal activities continue unabated in the district. In another such case, as many as 29 migrant workers including eight children and 11 women were rescued […]

Bolangir: A middleman from Kantabanji area in the district has been detained by the police for allegedly beating up two minor boys mercilessly at a brick kiln in Andrha Pradesh…