By, June 23 -- Inshaal Sarfraz
32 long Years have passed since the Punjab Assembly passed the Bonded Labor Abolition Act (1992 Act) while 8 years have passed since the 2016 Punjab Prohibition of Child Labor was passed. Far from being eliminated or even reduced, bonded labor has infact increased blatantly in past years. According to the 2001 PILER Report, around 500,000 women, men, and children were trapped in this gruesome slavery (Ercelawn and Nauman 7). Later Reports indicated staggering numbers, ranging from 750,000 to 900,000 workers and 5,000 brick kilns in Punjab (Javaid 105). At present, the numbers remain unknown as no survey has been conducted to gauge the extent of debt bondage.
The monster of bonded labor has long been named as...