CHENNAI PRESS NEWS

Chennai, October 17, 2019 : HCL Foundation, the CSR wing of HCL Technologies, organized a Cycle Rally in Chennai on October 17 to advocate for social causes such as Road Safety, Peace and Substance Abuse.   Ms. Nidhi Pundhir, Director – HCL Foundation and Fr. Joseph Leo,   Director of Don Bosco Anbu Illam along with   scouts and guides from HCL Foundation Police Boys and Girls Club The rally, conducted to observe the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, started from the Elliots Beach in Besant Nagar to HCL Campus in Sholinganallur.  Ms. Nidhi Pundhir, Director – HCL Foundation with scouts and guides from HCL Foundation Police Boys and Girls Club It was led by the Scouts and Guides children from the city’s Police Children’s Clubs supported under HCL Gurukul program with HCL Foundation’s implementing NGO partner Don Bosco Anbu Illam. On Twitter:   https://twitter.com/chennaipresnews/status/1184867554323337216?s=20 💢?...

Released bonded labourers from different districts of Tamil Nadu   participated in this event. This event is organized to thank the Tamil Nadu government for their proactive response in rescuing bonded labourers from various districts across the State.    Chennai, October 16, 2019: Even after 44 years since the enactment of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition Act) 1976, the existence of Bonded labour system in our country is a tragedy. In the year 2016, the then central labour minister proclaimed in the parliament that within the year 2030 the central government will rehabilitate 1 crore 84 lakhs bonded labourers across India. (L to R) Kuppamma, Freed Labourer; Daniel: Vidya Sagar; IJM South Asia Representative, Hon’ble Minister Ma.Foi.Pandiarajan; IJM International Representative; IJM Chennai Representative; IJM Govt Relations Kuralamuthan Section2 of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition Act) 1976,states that if a person is made to forfeit his right to...