NEW DELHI, July 11 -- The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) rescued 12 child labourers from Gandhi Nagar on Friday. The children were found in a garment factory and cycle-motorcycle mechanic shops in unsafe and unhygienic conditions.

The team of the DCPCR was headed by one of the members of the commission Roop Sudesh Vimal. "Children were rescued by the teams, successfully and provided with masks and sanitizers. The DCPCR and the Delhi Police sealed the establishments and arrested the contractor," a senior DCPCR official said.

The operation was conducted with teams of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Vivek Vihar); SHO, Gandhi Nagar; Labour Department and NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan.

Rajendra Pal Gautam, Minister of Social ...