Projects
Brick Kilns Census PunjabChief
Minister Punjab took an initiative in Punjab to eradicate child
labour at brick kilns in wake of the prohibition of child labor from Punjab
Province. The Urban Unit started pilot census in January, 2016. The GIS imagery
was used to identify the Brick Kilns in Punjab because the location of Brick
Kilns bears the specific satellite signature through which it can easily be
identified.
As
a result of this exercise about 10,000 Brick Kilns were identified. The survey
team visited these places to collect data as per requirements of Labour
Department and for collection of data android application was used through
which the pictures and locations of Brick Kilns as well as pictures of head of
families working at Brick Kilns were received and sent up to the system on real
time basis. The details of family members were collected on hard copy forms.
After that data was entered against their family heads in the systems, a
comprehensive dash board was developed to show all the data.
Data
management and data entry work was accomplished in house at the Urban Unit.
Internal teams developed a complete mechanism to enter information from census
forms into database. Data of 126766 children have been collected. Information
of families and pictures of family heads and brick kilns also uploaded in
database.