Child labour in deprived nations a main problem

Child labour is not a novel subject in the contemporary world. Poverty is a significant factor for child labour. More than 200 million children in the world today are involved in child labour. Closely three-quarters of waged children are engaged in the nastiest procedures of child labour such as trading, armed battle, bondage, sexual misuse and dangerous labour.
Child labour in deprived or emerging nations is a main problem currently. A big number of kids are involved in numerous kinds of economic activities instead of going to school. Child labour is one of the greatest critical subjects of Bangladesh. Every time we deliberate about child labour we should reflect the current lack. About six million children of the 5-14 years age group are engaged in numerous types of financial acitivities in Bangladesh. These children are employed in industrial sweatshops, engineering workshops, conveyance sector, tanneries, building subdivision, bidi factories, hostels and cafeterias, marketing flowers, clothing factories, maids and local servants and also in agricultural subdivision.
Child labour often gives rise to anti-social crimes. Poverty is the key reason as well as the foremost cause of it. There are straight links among child labour, poverty, misconduct and schooling. Most of the children come from deprived or wrecked families. They are certain to get involved in child labour for their existence. A good number of them resort to heinous activities such as drug addiction, robbery etc. Drug traffickers and weapons vendors use vagrant children for their evil purposes.
Child labour is still rampant in Nepal. Millions of Nepali children are hired by their parents in household works to help them all day instead of presence in school for receiving education. Many children work in shops such as metal workshop, carpet factories, and garments or in big factories, mining or quarrying, agriculture, serving their parents' orders such as marketing candy, flower, food, or doing odd jobs. Certain children work as attendants for tourists. Occasionally they work for transporting belongings for shops and cafeterias. There are certain children who are involuntary to do boring and dull jobs such as accumulating boxes or brush up shoes.
Child labour in India is likewise. The nastiest procedures of child labour are child prostitution, pornography and involuntary or restricted arduous activities. They are being exploited due to absence of consciousness and poor application of labour laws.
The administration should take measures to resolve the problem of child labour with utmost earnestness. However, not only the government but also non-governemntal organizations (NGOs) should come forward to resolve this menace. The child labour laws should also be implemented rigorously.
The writer, Dr Mohammad Rajja,  works at Narayani Sub-Regional Hospital, Birgunj, Nepal. E-mail: arnold_raza@yahoo.com