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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Demonetisation blues: No work or cash, over 10,000 daily wagers leave Gurgaon -Abhishek Behl

Demonetisation blues: No work or cash, over 10,000 daily wagers leave Gurgaon -Abhishek Behl

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published Published on Dec 9, 2016   modified Modified on Dec 9, 2016
-Hindustan Times

Gurgaon: The demonetisation move by the Centre is turning out to be a nightmare for over 1 lakh construction workers in the city. Labour department sources said that 10,000-12,000 daily wage workers have already left Gurgaon.

In the absence of work and cash, a majority of the seasonal workers are struggling to make ends meet. To get a clearer picture, the labour department has also ordered a survey.

Gurgaon is a hub of real estate industry, where around 40,000-50,000 workers migrate to every season. An equal number stay for more than a year, but all workers have been affected.

“Construction work in the unorganised sector has almost come to a standstill and the real estate industry is also witnessing a slowdown. There is no work for labourers and they also don’t have the cash to pay rent, buy food, or send it home,” Rajender Saroha, district convener, Bhawan Nirman Kamgar Union, Gurgaon, said.

A majority of the workers in Gurgaon come from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They start arriving in August and continue to do so till December. Most stay here till March, before agricultural operations resume in their villages.

“There is no work at the labour chowks. People don’t want to pay the wages owed due to the cash crunch. Some even offer work against the scrapped Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, which is a joke,” Kripal Singh, a worker from Dausa in Rajasthan, said.

Officials, who have been visiting labour chowks and construction sites to open bank accounts for workers said that the crowd was getting thinner by the day.

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Hindustan Times, 8 December, 2016, http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/daily-wage-workers-start-leaving-gurgaon/story-Xo3IFCwrSaUXGHmvJO6JTL.html


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