Seven Abolition of Child Labour and Bonded Labour CHILD LABOUR IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES 7.1 Following the directions of the Supreme Court, the Commission has been overseeing the enforcement jf the Bonded Labour Act in different parts of the country. During the period under review, it concentrated its efforts principally on the carpet belt in Uttar Pradesh, the silk reeling and twisting industry in Kamataka, and the road-building and construction industry in Gujarat. 7.2 As regards iie carpet belt in Uttar Pradesh, Shri Chaman Lai, Special Rapporteur, has been visiting all the districts concerned, along with the Labour Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh, and has held a series of meetings with the District Magistrates (DMs) and senior Labour Officers rosted in the area. The Apex Court, in its judgement in respect of Writ Petition No. 456 /1986 of M.C Mehta v State of Tamil Nadu&ors, had ordered a State-wise survey to identify --hild labourers; it had also given the following directions for the rehabilitation of children withcrawn from work in hazardous occupations: □ Recovery rfRs. 20,000/- per child frotn the offending employers and creation ofChild Labour Rrfiabilitation-cum-Welfare Fund in each District. □ Provision ^f employment to one adult member of each affected family. □ Deposit of Rs. 5,000/- in the said fund by the State Government in case of its failure to provide employment to the affected family. □ Provision of education—formal or non-fomial—to the children withdrawn fix)m hazardoin works. 7.3 A special programme called the Child Labour Abolition Programme, designed by the Labour CoBimissioner, UP, under the guidance of the NHRC, was inaugurated at Varanasi by Justice V.S. Malimath, the then Member, NHRC, on 30 March 1999. The highlight of the programme was the release of an Enforcement Manual, which provided details of an In^grated Action Plan to eradicate child labour in the carpet belt, with the full involvemert of the concerned departments/agencies of the Government and the active participa_ion of non-governmental organizations and Panchayats in the area. The plan provided for mandatory registration of all the looms and the issuance of Child Labour Free Certificates to the units/establishments which did not employ children.