Odisha Brick Kiln

Three members of a family asphyxiated to death at a brick kiln in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, police said on Saturday.

A case was registered against four people for allegedly sexually harassing seven minor girls from Odisha after "illegally" employing them at a brick kiln in Sangareddy district, police said on Thursday.

Nijam Khan was on a recruiting spree. All through the autumn, he drove to villages around the town of Kantabanji in Odisha looking for labour. He zeroed in on poor families, jobless men and desperate couples. He gave them cash to buy food and clothes ahead of the local harvest festival. In return, they gave him their freedom. “There are no jobs h...

For 13-year-old Sushant Kumbhar, a former bonded labourer from Odisha's Bolangir district, even the basic joys of childhood, like playing with other children, is denied. His hand is full of pus and he is in extreme pain. In January, his left hand had been crushed by the owner of the brick kiln in Karnataka where the family had been forced to work.

In a major operation, as many as 273 persons from Odisha employed as bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Tiruvallur district near Tamil Nadu were rescued on Tuesday.

Three members of a family asphyxiated to death at a brick kiln in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, police said on Saturday.

A case was registered against four people for allegedly sexually harassing seven minor girls from Odisha after "illegally" employing them at a brick kiln in Sangareddy district, police said on Thursday.

Nijam Khan was on a recruiting spree. All through the autumn, he drove to villages around the town of Kantabanji in Odisha looking for labour. He zeroed in on poor families, jobless men and desperate couples. He gave them cash to buy food and clothes ahead of the local harvest festival. In return, they gave him their freedom. “There are no jobs h...

For 13-year-old Sushant Kumbhar, a former bonded labourer from Odisha's Bolangir district, even the basic joys of childhood, like playing with other children, is denied. His hand is full of pus and he is in extreme pain. In January, his left hand had been crushed by the owner of the brick kiln in Karnataka where the family had been forced to work.

In a major operation, as many as 273 persons from Odisha employed as bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Tiruvallur district near Tamil Nadu were rescued on Tuesday.