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Migration unabated
A few showers in the month of May are usually a harbinger for better days ahead. Construction workers also called ‘adda coolies’ usually make their way back home but surprisingly about 800-1000 of them mostly from Mahbubnagar have come to Hyderabad in the last 10 days.
About 1000 farmers mostly from Mahbubnagar came to Hyderabad in the last 10 days
Hyderabad: A few showers in the month of May are usually a harbinger for better days ahead. Construction workers also called ‘adda coolies’ usually make their way back home but surprisingly about 800-1000 of them mostly from Mahbubnagar have come to Hyderabad in the last 10 days.
Sri Laxmaiah of Korlakunta village in Pangal mandal in Mahbubnagar says, “People have no hope and there is no work. We have no other go but to come to the addas in Hyderabad for work.”
Another farmer from the same village said that 75 out of the 150 houses in Kolapur are locked and the village resembles a ghost place. In spite of the Met department’s prediction of a normal monsoon, villagers however are not hopeful and are still making it to the city in hordes.
Shortage of irrigational facilities and scarcity of basic amenities are forcing people to turn into construction workers. Kiramoni Siddaiah who makes it daily at the Toli Chowki adda, where the largest number of workers assemble says, “A couple can get Rs 800 a day if both manage to get work but in the village they just have to spend time wandering.”
On an average about 18,000 workers assemble at the 200 addas in the city. The prominent ones are at Toli Chowki, Hitec City, Kothaguda near Gachibowli, Balapur, Chandrayangutta, Jubilee Hills check post, Netaji Nagar, Kukatpally, Disukhnagar and Sitafalmandi.
A male worker gets Rs 450, Maestri (headman) Rs 600 and women Rs 350. Workers however say that there is no guarantee that they would get work every day. If they are lucky, they would get work for 15-18 days a month.
In 2014, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) identified 92 sites to construct shelters for construction workers and also provide Rs 5 lunch. Ramulu, a worker from Kurnool says, “There isn’t a single shelter and no drinking water facility.
The Rs 5 lunch counter at Toli Chowki has been a non starter.” He adds, “On days when we do not get work we could at least have lunch for Rs 5 and go back home.” About 10,000 labourers from Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Medak, Adilabad and Kurnool are hopeful that the rain gods would be benevolent this year.
