‘I Came to Delhi to Feed my Belly But Continue Fighting for Life’ Child labourers and the pandemic
NEW DELHI: In the narrow lanes of Batla House, a busy market in southeast Delhi, few people wear protective masks. For a moment one feels here that the world is smoothly functioning, and we have yet to be struck by Covid-19.
Mohammad Dilawar sells biryani on Nafees Road, with three child helpers. He says that since the pandemic adult labourers are in short supply, but the flow of child labourers has increased.
“In September alone, 12 children came to me asking for work but I was only able to keep these three,” he tells The Citizen.