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He said he tries to finish his work by 8 am and after having tea offered by the family leaves for his day's work. “The accommodation is free but during the peak of the harvesting season paddy transplanting season or sugarcane harvesting season we first prefer to do our landlords' work than accepting work of other farmers” he said. He said there is no shortage of work for farm workers but it is tough. “Until the harvesting season we work with different farmers; sometimes attending to the vegetable fields and sometimes carrying out other works” he said adding that in villages people offer them all kinds of work. “The people in Punjab including those from farm worker families now prefer to work at shops grain markets or other such places..