Mithilesh Rajbanshi with his wife, mother and sister-in-law at their home in Bargaon village, Gaya, Bihar. Three of them worked as bonded labour for years in farms of the local landlord and brick kilns.
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Mithilesh’s wife Pratima Devi, a rescued bonded labour from Lucknow brick kiln standing at her house in Bargaon village at Gaya district.
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Brick Kiln workers loading bricks in a truck near Patna.
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Deepak, 14, a resident of Bishanpur Kamdev village at Sitamarhi district in Bihar was taken away by a trafficker to Chennai to work in a plastic factory. He worked as a bonded labour for eight months.
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Deepak’s mother cooking food at their mud house. Though the Central government scheme mandates a house as rehabilitation measure, they haven’t got it yet.
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Dulari Devi in her 70s recalls those days of bondage when she, her husband, father in law- all used to work at the land of local Zamindar at Bargaon in Gaya district, Bihar.
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Gautam a rescued child who was earlier working as bonded labour in bag factory at Chennai, is now with his family at Rupauli village, Sitamarhi, Bihar.
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Govind Paswan, a former bonded labourer from Sitamarhi district of Bihar showing his release certificate. After rehabilitation, Govind has now become ward member of his panchayat.
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Children rescued from a bag factory in Chennai have been re-admitted to their school in Sitamarhi, Bihar
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Govind Paswan, a former bonded labourer from Sitamarhi district of Bihar. After rehabilitation, Govind has now become ward member of his panchayat.