12-member U.P. family rescued from alleged bonded labour in Hyderabad

The women who were rescued from a construction site in Bachupally, Medchal Malkajgiri district, on Tuesday.

When a family of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh wanted to return home, they were allegedly threatened, assaulted and prevented from leaving the premises. Nearly a year after they arrived in Hyderabad for work, Revenue and Labour officials from Medchal-Malkajgiri district rescued all 12 members of the family from alleged bonded labour conditions at a construction facility in Bachupally on Tuesday.

Hazardous and unsanitary conditions

Among those rescued were six children aged between three and 10. During the inspection, officials found four women, aged 40, 25, 20 and 19, and the children living in tin-sheet rooms without ventilation. The family cooked and defecated inside the rooms, conditions that officials found hazardous and unsanitary.

₹1,200 per day wage promised, received only ₹143