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Odisha Migrant Workers Return To Gruelling Shifts, Poor Wages -Sunaina Kumar

-IndiaSpend.com

New Delhi: In mid-October, machinist Bipin Ramesh Sahu, 38, was flown back to Surat from his southern Odisha village by his former employer, a textile mill owner. Sahu, among the 6.7 million migrant workers to lose their jobs and return home during the lockdown in India, assumed that his employer’s eagerness to re-employ him meant better living and working conditions in Surat--more humane shifts, safety gear, wage cheques instead of cash, maybe an annual bonus and even provident fund.

Back at work in one of India’s biggest migration destinations, Sahu found that nothing has changed. He still has to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week without any leave or break--for Rs 15,000 a month. He still has no safety gear to protect his hearing from the deafening rat-tat of the powerlooms. And the only place he can afford to rent is a room in a shared accommodation where over 100 workers sleep by rotation. Housing conditions for poor workers in cities like Surat are harsh and allow them no comfort or dignity.

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