“Migrant Workers Suffer Inhospitable Work Conditions Telangana”

…a small three-storey building is home to dozens of migrant workers, who do not have the privilege to complain.

The men work in a chemical factory nearby. Some mentioned it’s an ammonia unit. “Yes, the smell is disturbing,” said Chandrashekhar, who came from Uttar Pradesh. “But we’ve gotten used to it now. It doesn’t matter anymore. Also, if we start complaining, who would earn our living wage?”

Each floor in that building has around 10 rooms. Each room has five or six men. A stove in the corner, a few mats, some steel plates and a water can. Outside the rooms, under an asbestos sheet, is a makeshift bathing area and toilet. There’s barely any privacy. Not enough light. The dishwashing space is right next to it…

These migrant workers, be it in Nacharam, Bachupally, construction sites or other industrial areas in Telangana, earn between `18,000 and `25,000 a month and work 12 to 13 hours a day…

In Nacharam, few of the chemical factories will move 80 kms away soon…But the workers will also go with the factory to the same work, same risks, same rooms, same smell, just somewhere else…