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The state commission for protection of child rights released three posters as part of a sensitisation programme against child labour on Thursday.
The posters were released at Shramik Mela 2021 at Ramlila Maidan. The fair, a two-day affair, is being organised by the labour department of the state government.
This comes at a time when chances of children dropping out of schools and looking for work is high because of the hardships posed by the pandemic.
The posters depict contrasting images of a child as a labourer and another as a student, with a line in Bengali to drive home the message against child labour.