GUWAHATI, Nov 13 � Childline 1098, in a joint drive with the Labour Department, rescued 11 boys aged between 11 and 14 years working in restaurants and hotels in Bamunimaidam area today.
The rescue drive was part of the anti-child labour campaign of Childline and the State Government. The boys who hail from Barpeta, Nalbari and Morigaon districts are now being kept at the Shelter Home at Fatasil Ambari. They were produced before the Child Welfare Committee today and will later be sent to the Residential Bridge Course School at Sonapur for rehabilitative training.
�We rescued the boys from different restaurants and hotels such as at Bamunimaidam, New Guwahati and Noonmati areas. The Labour Department will start legal proceedings against the hotel owners for violation of the Child labour Act,� he said.