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Watch | Sadak Se Sansad: Are Politicians Listening to the Distressed Migrants of Odisha?

The Wire Staff
Apr 18, 2019
Around two lakh people from drought-prone western Odisha migrate annually for work.

In this special story from Bolangir, we speak to migrant workers from the constituency. Around two lakh people from drought-prone western Odisha migrate annually for work. Lack of jobs and security force them to undertake work in exploitative conditions at private brick kilns across India. They run into a cycle of debt and often have no option but to go through the same drill every year.

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