Research Thesis 2021-22
Priya Barot
5.1.1.1 Duration of stay Most of the migrant workers stay in the city for continues 8 months and then 50 percent of them went back to their native cities and the remaining are finding other jobs and learning new skills for getting better employment. In the case of c1, they go back to their villages in the monsoon season probably from June to September. The reason behind this is most construction sites were remained closed due to the heavy rain. Whereas t1 and d1 workers went back in the period of Diwali around October to December month.
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Figure 46 Duration of stay in the city (Source: Primary Data)
This period may differ as per the situation going on in the city and also as per the community changes. Migrants mostly do a village trip to celebrate any occasion or to give money to family, these both are the prime reason. Natural calamities like drought, flood, poverty, and war are the other reasons to travel back. While a sense of belonging, coexistence, and identity of places are the other emotional reasons that migrant people choose to travel back to the villages.
5.1.1.1.1 Effects of the covid-19 situation – The pandemic lockdown brings additional problems to workers' life. The government and NGOs provide them food but they can't reach out to all people and fulfill their requirements. Because the number of family members is quite more in comparison and there is no extra facility or savings, they have with them. Almost 90 percent of workers live on a daily wage amount and it is so hard for them to feed their all children without any work done. The reason is a large family, migrants have a mindset of doing more and more children so that they can make them labor too and earn money from them. As a result, large families with 5 to 6 children roamed around in the city and protested against the government to provide the facility to travel back to their villages. 73 AAERT & The SSB LTD., Faculty of Architecture, SCET, SURAT
