Building of new city in south India raises fears of debt ...

"CHENNAI, India, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The building of a new capital city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will fuel demand for migrant labour and put thousands of poor workers at the risk of debt bondage, campaigners said, demanding a "dignified work policy" for them."

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No Choice But To Work Without Pay - Inter Press Service

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By Stella Paul

HYDERABAD, India, May 1 2014 (IPS) - The southern Indian city Hyderabad is witnessing a construction boom as it prepares to become the joint capital of two sthttp://www.ipsnews.net/2014/05/choice-work-without-pay/ates – Andhra Pradesh and the soon to be formed Telangana. Buildings are coming up in almost every neighbourhood.

Under one such building coming up, three-year-old Amlu is scrubbing a plate. Her parents Sai Mohan, 33, and Sri Lakshmi, 29, work at the construction site. Mohan is paid the equivalent of 50 dollars a month, Lakshmi works without payment.

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BBC News - Why India's brick kiln workers 'live like slaves'

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By Humphrey Hawksley
BBC News, Andhra Pradesh



"Like a scene from a long-gone age, men and women walk in single file up and down steps as if climbing a pyramid. They strain under a load,balanced in yoke-like hods, to deliver freshly moulded bricks to the
furnace."


Read  Humphrey Hawksley's report here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25556965