Asha* (18) left her village in Odisha to work at a brick kiln in Telengana in 2014. She secured this work through an agent, and she and her father Vishal* had been working at the same destination since December 2014. In between, Vishal returned to his village to obtaining a BPL card, while his daughter […]
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Lack of accountability and lost lives: PARDA Case Study
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 25th, 2015
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Gram-Utthan celebrates International Labour Day
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 19th, 2015
Labour Day Celebrations were jointly organised by SSSK, Gram-Utthan and the Kanika Nirman Sramik Sangha at Charapada.
When accidents evolves into crisis: JBVSS
Aritra Chakrabarty on December 18th, 2014
In simple terms, a migrant is such person who leaves his/her native place and goes somewhere else in search of work/job only to return intermittently after certain time intervals like every three, six months, yearly or once in two years. That person while away from the native surroundings has to encounter several unforeseen situations which […]
Making the migrant ‘Saksham’-MMC’s success story
Aritra Chakrabarty on November 13th, 2014
Migrant construction workers living in Mumbai are one of the most vulnerable communities of city’s urban poor. Maharashtra has a share of 10.75 percent of construction workers out of a total 3.7 million migrant workers. Mumbai (suburban) alone has 1.2 million migrant workers, out of which 9.12 percent are construction workers. Considering the fact that […]
Construction industry is a health hazard
Aritra Chakrabarty on November 6th, 2014
Construction industry is labor intensive in India, because labor is cheap and available in abundance. The industry is one of the biggest employers (third largest) in India, with seven percent contribution to GDP. According to the Planning Commission’s XI-Plan document, employment in the construction sector in India has witnessed a steady increase from 14.6 million […]
