https://www.pitara.com/tags/accidents/Recent content in Accidents on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/the-silken-web/Sat, 04 Oct 2003 14:06:33 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/the-silken-web/<p>While working on a machine in a sericulture unit in Karnataka, a little girl was severely injured in the head. Sericulture is the art of raising silkworms to obtain raw silk. The incident ocurred in the Ramanagaram-Channapatna <em>taluk</em> (a group of villages make a taluk) of Karnataka, where there are many such units.</p> <p>The little girl is one of hundreds of thousands of children employed in the sericulture industry in the state. Owners of sericulture units prefer children over adults for the work.</p>