Candlelight vigil to save child workers

NEW DELHI: Six days after a 10-year-old child labourer was beaten to death in Bharat Nagar, a candlelight vigil was held at India Gate in his memory. Scores of people flocked to the place to show solidarity with the movement against child labour. The victim's mother Naziya lit the first candle and broke down on seeing Moin's photograph.

The vigil, titled "No More Moins", is part of a campaign to urge both the administration and common people to end the exploitation of young children. "The laws alone are not enough to clamp down on child labour. It is a people's fight; their active participation and awareness can help in eradicating the malaise. People need to speak up when they see children working as domestic helps as well as in factories, dhabas and other such units, so that these are not hidden from the police and administrative machinery. We also need to boycott goods and services offered by these children," explained Kailash Satyarthi, chairperson for Global March Against Child Labour.