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Tags : migrant labourers, Alappuzha district, Bullet Oran,
Kerala workforce
Posted: Tue Sep 27 2011, 03:26 hrs
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That was the end of one migrant dream in Kerala, Pak - us relations - By HARJAP SINGH AUJLA
but that’s not the only one. Over the last decade,
migrant labourers have emerged as the nuts-and-
bolts of Kerala’s workforce, a state whose working
population largely lives outside. With them have
come a different lifestyle, language and culture;
sometimes, the differences boil over.
In the same district, around the same time, 40
migrant workers from West Bengal were injured at Kayamkulam following a clash with a mob
over an alleged mobile phone theft. Several of them are serious.
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In the last week of June, local people at Kakkanadu near Kochi had attacked a camp of Bengali
workers.
Police said Oran was on his way to Kochi in search of a job along with two others from his village,
when he fell off the train by accident at Cherthala.
Says inspector Chandra Mohan: “Oran went to several houses. They might have misunderstood
him as a thief. Language problem too might have contributed.”
Oran sought help for an hour, his condition deteriorating as he bled profusely. “Some people saw
Oran commit suicide,” said the police.
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