Khora
– A semi- Urban slum of Ghaziabad- in front of sector – 58 to 62 NOIDA. The
land was taken by NOIDA Authority to develop Sector-62, Institutional Area, but
due to agitation 2 decade back by living
rural populace not to be the part of NOIDA it was decided by than CM –
Mr Narayan Dutt Tiwari not to hand over the land to NOIDA Authority and making
them free to live sale or purchase land. In the Last 2 Decade the cost of
the Land had shoot up like anything and Old Proprietor become big, running
rental houses, shops, Malls with semi urban-rural touch and still heaven for low income people TO find place to live due to low living , connectivity , beside NOIDA
and vicinity to Industrial houses to work . This is New home for Migrant
populace a home for unskilled and semi skilled and skilled Migrant workers – This is New Khora
– Live and Vibrant – irrespective of All hardship, Water, Electricity, Health
their spirit is alive with a hope for better live for self and dependents at
their home town.
Every Day is a New Day for
Khora Migrant Habitat, New challenges and same hope to earn.
Its 8+ morning, Sector-57/ 58
and the adjoining Khora is full of office goers. Most of the man/women are from
low income strata and on contractual basis working on Rs 5000/- to 7000/- per
month. Traffic is moving slow hardly to walk. Labour chowk is nearby 300-400 metre away; thousands of labors
were standing in the search of work and waiting for the right employer. It’s
really tough to see the labors narrowing down to any of the vehicle coming
close to them for want of labors. The whole situation and agony surprised me.
The crowd was palpable and
every passing moment gets one of two employer for either size of demand and
the some are feeling relaxed after finding the Job. Every type of employer were there , Most of the Labors are
still loitering for the want of work. Slowly more are engaged through
contractors. Labors have their own reservation and bargaining on place, type,
work and wages. Nobody wants to go below than Rs 300/- for simple work. High
rise building, tough job are second thought. Between these whole exercises, i
found that most of them are from Hindi belt from Bihar, Eastern UP and M.P and
some from western UP and without any social security cover. They are under
great threat due to uncover risk and getting work on every next day is most
challenging part to address
Livelihood with social security is always the
first priority for Purvanchal Vikas Foundation (PVF) for educated Youth,
skilled, semi skilled and unskilled human resource. This can happen either through direct linking
or through getting them trained at vocational/skill centre.
Purvanchal
Vikas Foundation has decided to address the above issue synergizing with
corporate , Industrial and individual houses for their requirement so that they
have enough opportunity through the year for their livelihood covering social
security. The Next step will be Domestic workers , Auto & Rickshaw
pullers, subji wala and roadside eatery pheriwala’s.