Summary:
Narrating their plight to the minister, they said they were hired by the BBMB management for around six to seven months in a year at the Pong Dam and for rest of the year, they were left unemployed. As there are not much avenues of employment in the backward Kandi area, they have to face much difficulty in earning their bread. Kalyan Singh, a leader of the BBMB daily wage labourers, recounted the story of himself and all his colleagues to the Union minister. On our repeated requests, Som Parkash said he would discuss the matter again when when he would go to Delhi”. “Tell us where we should go with demand for employment now,” said Kalyan Singh..