Whenever I am walking along roadside in township or in plant areas I used to look around all the people coming and going here and there. If I come across with a labourer I intend to talk with him. Yesterday at Vindhya Nagar, I met two young labourers with his boss. When I started talking with these two guys his boss kept walking in the same pace and went much ahead. Curious I asked these boys where they are living. They said they are in Delhi. They were brought here to work by a certain contractor for two-three months. Meanwhile they are living just outside the campous. Further he mentioned that they belong to Muzaffpur and stay mostly in Anandvihar, Delhi for work purpose. When I asked how much they are being given, they shyly mentioned about seven and a half thousand rupees including food and room rent. Further he mentioned that he was being paid in cash. The other boy mentioned it depended upon contractors, sometime they were being paid in cash or sometime their salary are being paid directly into their bank account.
Being curious I asked when they were going home. They said generally in two three months they are visiting their home. Particularly they have to move home when some emergency situation arises at home. It is really amazing how these boys are managing their family and emergency situations with such petty salaries.
The second boy started telling he would earn money for a few months and then they would go back home to resume their study as he realized that their is no fate in being a labourer.
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