A member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, has appreciated the Haryana Government's concern to eradicate child labour and its consideration to provide employment opportunities to the families, whose children are engaged as labour. Justice Rao was addressing a workshop on bonded labour and child labour organised by the NHRC in collaboration with the Haryana Labour Department here today. While pointing out that "human dignity is the spine of human rights', Justice Rao said, "Unless bonded labour is eliminated, human dignity cannot be ensured.' He said the district magistrates had a fundamental role to play in the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, as they had statutory obligations and judicial powers under the Act. He called upon the DMs to utilise their experience, knowledge and authority and take all possible action to root out the menace of the bonded labour. While expressing concern on the social evils of bonded labour and child labour, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said as the contractors recruiting the inter-state migrant workers did not obtain licenses in their home sates, Haryana had asked the officers concerned to ensure that proper registration certificates were issued to the employers in the state. Since the state was deficit in labour and a large number of migrant labour was attracted to the state. He said the state government was aware of the fact that the migrant workers were vulnerable and needed to be protected against exploitation. The government was determined to ensure that proper working conditions were provided to these workers.