Migrant workers in the city stranded
Posted on: 10/Dec/2015 11:09:46 AM
Thousands of migrant workers in the city have been stranded with no work. Cancelled trains have made them stay on anyway. Those that are stranded are staying at relief centres across the city, waiting to leave as soon as they can.
A worker from Assam has set up camp at Chennai Central. I have been jobless for the past two weeks. The camp where I am staying is close to the Adyar river in Nandambakkam and it`s scary. I don`t know what to do now. I have to take many trains to reach my hometown now. I don`t have money, he says. (We have) not been able to book a ticket home due to unexpected cancellations. The unreserved compartment is crowded and I don`t know if I can make it to one. If not, I will have to wait till tomorrow morning to try my luck. It`s a very tough situation, says a worker from Odisha.
A group of workers from West Bengal have been surviving on just one meal a day, We don`t eat breakfast or lunch and subsist on the rice and dal we prepare at night. The ration that we get is very low and our sponsors are finding it difficult to manage during this time, they say.
