For thousands of youngsters who work as labours, picking dhibra (mica waste) within the vast lands of Bihar and Jharkhand may be a routine affair. There’s almost no shot at education because the priority is to feed the family.
These mines are a death trap but children as young as four get inside the narrow tunnels of those mines only to earn a couple of rupees on a day to day . the worldwide beauty industry is among the most important consumers of mica and remains thriving on mica collected by children, only to feature sparkle to their products.
NCPCR has said no child to be engaged in any a part of the mica mining process and collecting scraps. NGOs/development agencies should work with the local and district administration also like the industries to sketch a technique to form the availability chain of mica mining freed from child labour.Strict action should be taken against buyers of mica scraps from children, and said a special drive to abolish child labour within the mica mining areas of Jharkhand and Bihar should be administered by the administration.
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