Malpe : Women and Child Development Department rescued as many as 17 children who were engaged in the work of picking fish at the Malpe port on October 29, Thursday morning.

Officers from Women and Child Development Department, Child Protection Unit, Labour Department, Police Department, Child Helpline and representatives of Nagarika Seva Trust conducted the operation.

The rescued children from Ballary and Koppala were produced before the Child Welfare Committee.

District Child Protection officer Sadnand Nayak, legal surveillance officer Prabhakar Achar, protection officer Mahesh Devadiga, labour officer Kumar, labour inspector Praveen, subject inspector of the department of public instruction Nagaraj, social activists of the protection unit Yogeesh, Suraksha, Sunanda and women’s police station staff Savitri, Aruna, Malpe police staff Savita, Jagadish, Nityananda Olakadu, Shilpa, Sushmita, Kasturi, Triveni, and Netra of child helpline, and Christopher of Vishwasada Mane Shankarapura, took part in the operation.