Case study on the topic: Kerala, a Dubai for Bangali migrants.

Report by : Team India Vision, LEAD COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT, Palakad

Reasons For Choosing Kerala There are about thousands of bengalies works in various side of kerala They are living here better position than malayalies because they have little expense here they send about 7000 to 10000 to their home .they feel kerala as dubai because they got enough money as a malayalie got money in Dubai because of the huge increase in migration kerala state has provided them a health card and everyone should register their name under their contractor unless they will loose their chanse to work and they will not get proper security and welfare. We conducted a field study on this topic from a construction site which belongs to LEAD COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT, Dhoni, Palakad . during the field study we got excited by the informations collected from the Bengali labours.when we comparing the wages in between kerala and Bengal, they will get high wages from kerala, they chosen kerala for working is because of so many reasons they facing there like: Unemployment Social disparities Illiteracy Lack of good working conditions Number of dependents is high Improper wage system Absence of safety Political problems Workload is high Moreover in kerala there are so many vacancies especially for the construction field and mining fields. We understood a great fact from our field study that the bengali labours feels better like what the malayalees feels in gulf countries. They are highly satisfied on wages, working conditions and other facilities. As a part of our case study we interviewed some Bengali labours. Vishwanath, 40, married and he have two kids and 4 other dependants, he is from Kolkatta . He had only primary education, and he is a construction labour and gets 250 rupees per a day from kerala, comparatively its three times higher than Bangals wages.he well satisfied on all facilities.

Sooraj 18, had only primary education he is first time in kerala doing hollow bricks works and gets 300 rupees per day, he is considered as a rich man in his native. Farbid alam,21 he has been here for the last 5 years and earned so many properties in his native by his construction work, and he feels better by all means he said that,kerala is like a heaven we added some videos which explores the bangali labour's words you can see that videos as part by part from www.youtube.com, please click on following links; 1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoFgipZoe_I 2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_YJ7GopUVM 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9oz0EkFFvc 4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcPw10vnvVk 5.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He_zECj9iFE 6.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJpwoF1aDPc This case study concludes that the migrant labourers get much higher monetary wages than in their native places. But, they work for longer hours and their real wages may be lower as they have incur higher cost of living in Palakad on food, shelter and transport. They live in shanty houses/rooms in slum like localities often on a sharing basis. A few of them live on verandas of shops. They have limited access to sanitation facilities and safe water. Their practices of waste disposal pose problems of public health and environment. Their working and living conditions and habits make them suffer from a number of diseases. But their access to public services like health and education is limited. They enjoy very limited protection from labour laws. They also face problems of social integration in Kerala. There are reports of large number of human rights violations. With the possibility of much larger influx in view of the large scale expansion of economic activities in the State, the migrants can put heavy pressure on urban infrastructure, environment and public services. They may also pose many challenges in governance particularly of urban areas. Our study highlights the strong case for a much larger .