Child labour are working in very large and alarming numbers in the iron-ore and granite mines of Hospet-Bellary region of Karnataka state...The working and living conditions of child workers are highly exploitative, inhuman and do not have even the very basic amenities either for work safety or for minimum human living needs. [date of visit on which report is based: 15-16 April 2005; full report refers to Mysore Minerals, National Mineral Development Corporation, Jindal Vijayanagar Steel]