...[M]inors accounted for almost 10% of the total workforce in six quarries in state’s Raichur district...While the heavy lifting of stone cutting and machine operation are left to the men, the industry employs women and children to process waste stones..Children break and crush the stones...with no protection against silica dust and other hazards from the mines...The children received lower wages than the women, who themselves were not paid according to the state’s minimum wage requirements, the report said...