India, Dec. 16 -- The untimely death of 43 hapless persons, largely poor daily wagers including minors, following a massive fire in an illegal factory in Delhi's Anaj Mandi area this December 8 is shocking and nothing short of criminal negligence.
The incident ought to serve as a wakeup call for effecting necessary measures to prevent recurrence of avoidable fire accidents besides putting in place a fool proof mechanism to end untold exploitation of migrant child labour.
There could be many answers as to how 15 different manufacturing units could operate within that building with impunity even as they lacked basic fire safety arrangements?
If reports that the Anaj Mandi factory was home to hundreds of underage migrant workers, who were...