i dont want him in jail so i didnt complain to anyone nobody gets to know how they are being treated inside a home child labour is a common sight everywhere but now the issue is getting some more attention from the authorities she says the girl is there to play with and take care of her baby during daytime manju 21 who lives in harola tells us mujhe ghar ka kaam karte 12 saal ho gaye hain we filed a pil in 2012 against such agencies where we had stressed that no maid agency should be allowed to employ any girl or boy below 18 years of age in fact the demand for domestic help in the region is such that the socalled maid agencies have turned into human trafficking agencies one of my neighbours has trained her child maid to tell others that she is 19 and one of my husbands friends asks their maid to wear salwarkameez anupama sharma a homemaker in sector 11 says people are fully aware that they shouldnt employ children but they dont care activists say that while exploitation of kids may still come to light in public places like tea stalls and eateries the ones working in homes are more vulnerable to abuse by the employer noida many people prefer kids in the 714 age group as domestic helps because they submissively do every little chore if someone confronts them most of them say she just looks young i did all the chores myself and paid her for the 15 days because i didnt want her to leave those who employ child labour at homes are well educated and aware of the law whenever we get to know about such a case we contact the police to rescue the child worker so she looks older i was taken aback she was just 1213 years old from the 1954 film boot polish to the recent stanley ka dabba i am kalam and chillar party bollywood has addressed child labour often for them it is an additional income and plus they wont have to take care of the kid servants aged 1112 common in noida residents noida residents say there are umpteen households employing children as domestic help i refused but many others in my colony agreed i think the rwas can do a lot when it comes to sensitizing people on the issue of child labour in fact one neighbour has an 11 yearoldgirl working for her when i asked my friend he said child labour crime hai par kisi gareeb ki madad karna nahin they understand the importance of education the amendments propose that children below 14 years can be employed only in nonhazardous family enterprises tv serials films advertisements and sporting activities except circus with the condition that they be made to do these jobs after school hours in real life things arent so bright its also common among maids to send their kids to work mukul jaiswal who lives