Bareilly : After 17 days, the workers have started coming out of the Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. These workers were trapped since Diwali i.e. 12th November. They remained trapped in the tunnel for 17 days, this is also a record. After their coming out, everyone started talking to the workers. Saluting the courage. These 41 laborers have fought with death for every second of their lives in 17 days. To take out the laborers, digging work was done with American “Auger” machine, but after digging 48 meters, it The machine was stuck in the debris. After this, efforts were made to rescue it by manual drilling. There are 8 laborers from UP trapped in the tunnel. Of these, 6 are from Shravasti, and one from Lakhimpur Kheri. According to the national database, the highest number of laborers in the country are from UP. Are. 8.22 crore laborers are registered in UP. Maximum 22 lakh unorganized workers are registered in Prayagraj district. After this, 21 lakh in Jaunpur, 20 lakh in Sitapur, 19 lakh in Bareilly, 19 lakh in Azamgarh, 18 lakh in Gorakhpur, Lucknow. And 15-15 lakh workers are registered in Kanpur city, 14-14 lakh in Varanasi and Aligarh, 12 lakh in Moradabad, 11 lakh in Meerut, 9 lakh in Ghaziabad and 5.61 lakh workers are registered in Gautam Buddha Nagar. These laborers are the ones searching for livelihood. I go to other states.
Lowest wages in UP
There are maximum number of laborers in UP, but they do not get employment in the districts. The wage of Rs 213 has been fixed in UP. The minimum wage of laborers (agricultural labourers) working in the agricultural sector in UP was fixed some time ago. In this, agricultural laborers get Rs 213 per day. The monthly wage is Rs 5538, which means that now no laborer working in agriculture can be paid less than this. This is the wage that MNREGA workers get. But, this wage is far from enough to support the family. It is also difficult to get onions, chillies and vegetables.
Migrant laborers in Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Mumbai
UP has the highest number of migrant laborers. They are coming from 33 districts including Bareilly, Badaun, Muzaffarpur, Bijnor, Prayagraj, Unnao, Shravasti, Ambedkar Nagar, Kasganj, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Rampur, Kaushambi, Faizabad, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh. , go to work as laborers in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Mumbai etc.
Report: Muhammad Sajid