'Time to Free Brick Kiln Workers from Modern Slavery'

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"I left studying when I was 10. My grandfather worked in a brick kiln so did my father just like I am doing now. This is our story of transgenerational poverty and violence that we have witnessed working in brick kilns," said Manhar from Chattisgarh, currently working as a migrant worker in a kiln in Pathankot. There are about 12 million workers employed in brick kilns across India. Workers like Manhar are sourced through a vast network of contractors from remote rural pockets with concentration of poverty. While most of these pockets exist in North and Eastern part of the country, even the developed states of West and South have such pockets.