गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ KMC warns against employing child labour Nepal KMC warns against employing child labour KathmanduPati June 06, 2023 File photo KATHMANDU – The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has warned of action if found illegally providing custody to children or employing them in precarious work. Publishing a notice today, KMC requested for information within 15 days if anyone within the metropolis was found involving children in work in contravention of the laws or employed children of 14 to 18 years of age in hazardous work. The KMC notice states that one can provide information to the KMC’s Social Development Department if children are found illegally employed in child labour at home or hotel, garage, public vehicles, factories and other places. It also urged anyone to get enlisted with the Department as per the rule within 15 days through the Ward Office or the metropolis’ app- KMC app- if they are employing children at home or together with them. KMC warned of action as per the existing laws in case of failing to get enlisted within 15 days of the notice considering that the person was employing child labour. The Clause 5 of the Child Labour Prohibition Act, 2056 BS bars from employing children below 14 years of age in any type of work and the children below 18 years in any hazardous work. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Flood relief funds reach Rs 17.54 billion Landslide suspected as cause of deadly Budhi Gandaki flood Flood sweeps away six bridges, 10 people missing Flood sweeps away 35 homes in riverside villages Flash flood sweeps away riverside bazaar and hydropower camp When Nepal Goes Offline Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING Agriculture: Nepal’s bridge to overcome economic crisis Role of Vitamin D in pregnancy to combat COVID-19 Prithivi Narayan Shah-tyrant or a builder of the nation ? Supreme Commander Ganeshman Singh’s 23rd Memorial Day being observed today Prachanda flies to India for treatment of his ailing wife Dhakal elected FNCCI senior Vice-chair Over 45 thousand Nepalis repatriated home from abroad Suzuki Dzire In a New Premium Avatar
