The Pioneer, March 10, 2011
BIKASH KHEMKA | Bhawanipatna
Thirty eight inhabitants who had migrated to Tamil Nadu in search of better wage, lured by a local man two months back, now reportedly want to come back after being harassed by the part-time employer.
Report said that at least 40 labourers, including women and nine children aged about one to ten years, belonging to Brahmani village under Kandel gram panchayat in Kesinga block migrated to Tamil Nadu following the former -sarpanch of the nearby Matia village, Brushava Bhoi allegedly lured them by paying Rs 8,000 per head and assured them to get daily wage of Rs 300 so that they will have a better lifestyle than in their own village.
With restless work and alleged exploitation continuously for two months after getting a minimum wage of Rs 60, two workers Chhabi Majhi (35) and his son Dharani Majhi (16) managed to escape from the village of Amli near Titotani railway station of Tamil Nadu and took a sigh of relief when they reached Brahmani village. The rest of 36 still want to come back and are reportedly in miserable condition. When the relatives of the rest 36 migrants heard the entire story from Chhabi and Dharani they started wailing whether their son, son in-law, daughters and kin will come back or not.
Seven kuchha houses have been completely locked since the migration in Brahamani village and a 68 year old woman Hema Bati was requesting with folded hands to the reporters to bring back her son and son in-law at any cost and in few houses the old age fathers were witnessed of wailing for the arrival of his children.
However, though the villagers have reported the matter to Labour and Employment Minister Pushpendu Singh Deo and District Labour Officer, till now no Government officials have allegedly reached Brahmani village.
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