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Monthly Archives: October 2020

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Mohammad Rahmat

BiharBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Mohammad Rahmat worked at a bakery in Chakan, Pune along with his brother. The two were the sole earners of the family; Rahmat had been doing this for ten years now.

Mohammad Arbaaz Khan

BiharBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Mohammad Arbaaz Khan, at the age of twenty, set-out for a potential job opportunity in Aurangabad. He had studied till grade 10.

Harinder Paswan

BiharBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Harinder Paswan worked at a sugarcane mill with his brother in Uttar Pradesh for the past six years. The two were earning Rs. 25,000 each for their families.

Bikau Shah

BiharBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Bikau Shah is a laborer at a steel plant in Chauka, Maharashtra. In 2010, he migrated with a contractor for feasible manual work.

Bharat Yadav, Jagdish Paswan, Sanjeev Paswan, and Radhika Devi

BiharBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Sanjeev, Bharat, Radhika, and Jagdish have spent the last six years working at the rail-lines. The four spent three months waiting in Gurgaon without ration, basic sanity…

Balak Shah

BiharBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Balak Shah left Gonauli, Bihar in 2004 at the age of 18. The opportunities were low-waged, thus — he decided to find work in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

Arjun Paswan

BiharBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Arjun Paswan migrated across the country performing agricultural tasks. For a family of eleven, he’d send Rs. 10,000 back home and limit his expenses to Rs. 1,200.

Saddam Hussain

Uttar PradeshBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Saddam Hussain heard about the virus first during his visit to the village for festivities. He returned to Hyderabad three days before the announcement of the lockdown.

Rahul Maurya

Uttar PradeshBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Rahul Maurya spent six years working on the assembly line at JBM in Mathura. He was well-informed about the virus because he remained updated through his smartphone.

Niyaz

Uttar PradeshBy migrants_userOctober 21, 2020Leave a comment

Niyaz has been in Bhupalapalli doing embroidery work for Rs. 700 a day as opposed to Rs. 1,000 a week in Barabanki. The working environment was stable until the lockdown.

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