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The posterity breathing the dust of the brick kilns.


“Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety, and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make up as a human family” said former secretary general of the united nations.
But who cares the safety of the migrant labourers in the Kashmir valley? What about the dignity and the future of their children?
Most of the workers in the brick kilns in the valley are from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. A rough estimate states that around 300000 labours migrate to Kashmir every year. The brick kilns in the valley heavily depends on these migrant workers. After the abrogation of article 370 there has been a rise in construction activities in kashmir. It need more labours now than ever before.
The economic, social and lack of development of a particular place are the reasons behind the migration. Sometimes migrants not easily accepted by the host place and in kashmir the migrants faces threats from the terrorists as they become non locals.
Migrants faces multiple challenges from cultural adaptation to loneliness. And are deprived from many opportunities like accessing welfare schemes and policies of government.
The right to education act 2009 assures free and compulsory elementary education for the ages of 6 to 14 years children. But it is difficult for the children of migrants due to the fluidity of their lives.
Mostly the migrants from the Chhattisgarh in brick kilns of the valley brings whole family with them, even the children and they sheltered in the room made of raw bricks with lack of sanitation. The posterity breathing the dust of the brick kilns.
There are a lot of instances that terrorists attacked and killed non local labourers in the districts of kashmir valley. Despite these threats the migrant labourers becoming the backbone of the brick kiln industries in the valley.

The author can be reached at : echoalpha.ea@proton.me

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