Dhanbad, Jan. 29: More than 2,000 people displaced by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) marched to Maithon’s BSK College Ground, 45 km from the district headquarter, today to take part in a public meeting organised by Adivasi Mahasabha, an organisation that has been fighting for the rights of the displaced for over a decade. Prominent social activists like Swami Agnivesh and Medha Patkar besides former Dhanbad MP Chandrashekhar Dubey joined the agitation, which started around 11am and continued for more than four hours.

Thirty-nine people, said to be bonded labourers, were rescued during a raid on a quarry at Vittal near here on Wednesday.

Freedom: Workers and children rescued from a quarry at Vittal near Mangalore on Wednesday. dh photoThe labourers included 11 men, as many women and 17 children.

The High Court yesterday asked the government to eliminate usury against bonded child labour carried out in the coastal areas victimising fishermen.

Delivering the judgment upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) writ petition on children's rights and health hazards, a vacation division bench comprising Justice Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul Hasan made absolute its rule issued six years ago.

New Delhi, April 15: New forms of bonded labour are being practiced in several parts of the country according to a survey conducted by the National Campaign Committee for unorganised sector workers (NCC-USW) and released in the capital on Wednesday.

At Reddypalayam village near Chengalpattu in Kancheepuram district. Brick workers live in thatched huts close to the kiln.