Sad plight of migrant workers

by Seva Lamberdar Tue May 12, 2020 2:22 pm

The migrant laborers / workers, including majority of slum dwellers living near and working in the large cities like Mumbai etc., are unfortunately, in most instances, the product of their crookedly and inefficiently run / governed home (native) states, where their own / native politicians and officials in the past stole and squandered large share of public funds without developing and enriching the state and its public works (including not doing sufficiently on population control and family planning and improving the education system, healthcare, law and order, public infrastructure etc.). Thus many people from these poor and underdeveloped states are left no choice except move elsewhere (in India and outside) looking for work and being always on the move sometimes.

by Seva Lamberdar Tue May 19, 2020 11:48 am

"Indian states are short of money. They need help | Opinion" : https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/indian-states-are-short-of-money-they-need-help/story-PiS7gwc1dxpuJZCZqSdJiO.html

>>> The past Govts. in Indian states were also responsible for most of the current migrant workers and large city slum dwellers due to their mishandling, mismanaging and misappropriating public funds in states, which resulted in the poverty, underdevelopment and lack of employment opportunities for their own (local) citizens at home thus forcing them to wander inside and outside India looking for work as migrant workers / laborers, including sometimes making them shift permanently to live in slums next to large Indian cities to find manual / menial work nearby (in the city).

by Seva Lamberdar Sat May 23, 2020 9:51 pm

Maya blames Congress for crisis

New Delhi, May 23, 2020

BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday flayed the Congress for allegedly neglecting the poor in the past which compelled them to migrate from their native places for livelihood.

Her statement comes a day after she skipped the video conference convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, signaling that she continues to nurse strong reservations against the grand old party. The straw in the wind also suggests that expectation in the Opposition camp of the BSP joining an anti-BJP formulation featuring Congress in it was discovery of the proverbial mare’s nest.

This is an ominous signal as the BSP is a potent force in the country’s largest state of UP, and has support base in various parts of the country to reckon with. BSP sources say Mayawati is mindful of the Congress having indulged in subterfuge in luring all six MLAs (BSP) in Rajasthan in its fold even though the party had extended support to CM Ashok Gehlot. — TNS

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/maya-blames-congress-for-crisis-89085

by Seva Lamberdar Mon May 25, 2020 5:26 pm

There are two different categories of migrant workers: (1) the educated and not-very-poor moving out of their homes / states for good, well-paying jobs inside and outside India, and (2) the poor and uneducated looking for manual and menial work all over as laborers at the minimum wage level.

While the category (1) migrant workers generally experience nice working conditions, get paid well at steady wages and have reasonably hospitable / safe environment (quarters) for long term residency, the same (good wages, steady job, nice living) is true only for about 5% (or less) migrants in category (2) in India whereas the the rest (about 95%) category (2) as laborers in India reside in slums or slum-like conditions (even giving rise to new slums) while running from job to job or looking for a new job which would only pay a pittance in return.

The current corona-virus situation merely exposed the pitiable / vulnerable condition especially for category (2) migrant workers, by compelling them to go back home where they probably will face greater hardship and poverty because of the corruption and mismanagement by their own politicians and Govts. which had made them escape earlier to other places as migrant workers / laborers. The difficulty while returning home seems to be their small problem in comparison to future uncertainty.

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