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Kanjikode Iron Factory Human Rights Vilolation

Human Rights Commission member Adv. K.E. Gangadharan suddenly conducted a lightning inspection of the iron ore companies in the Kanchikode industrial area one day. The commission found that the workers were working in very dangerous conditions, and that the workers working in the furnaces in many factories were not even provided with safety gear. The commission, which learned that the workers were being brought here by contractors from other states and that their registration and health check-ups were not being done properly, also found that the workers were living in very unsanitary conditions.

The commission member had explained the shocking human rights violations found in this inspection, which was conducted one and a half years ago, in a seminar on human rights issues in the labor and environment sector at Victoria College, Palakkad that same day. He had assured that the seriousness of the issue would be brought to the attention of the government.