Srinagar. Like other migrant workers from Bihar and other states in Kashmir, Sanjay Kumar is in awe after terrorists killed five non-locals this month but says he will not go anywhere as wages are high and people are gentlemen.
Laborers from many parts of the country come to the valley every year to work as skilled and unskilled workers and artisans in jobs such as masonry, carpentry, welding and farming, and return home before the onset of winter in November. go away.
Refusal to go back to Bihar
Shankar Narayan, a 45-year-old laborer from Bihar, said, “We are scared but we are not going back to Bihar, at least not now. We go back every year in the first week of November and it will be the same this time as well.” Kumar, who hails from Bihar like Narayan, said he would return to his native place in the first week of November as per the schedule.
Shankar Narayan is coming to Kasmir since last 15 years
Narayan has been visiting Kashmir every March for the last 15 years and works here till the first week of November before returning home. He said that he did not face any problem during his stay in Kashmir. He said, “People are extremely helpful. In 2016 when there was a complete shutdown for five months, we did not let the loss happen even though the local people had to suffer a lot.”
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People of Kashmir are very kind and generous
Kumar and Narayan said that if they could get such wages elsewhere, they would not have come here. Kumar said, “We do not come here first, but the wages we get at home are not even half of the wages we get here. Also, the people here are very kind and generous.”
Migrant laborers feel more ‘honoured’ in Kashmir
Kumar (30) had gone to Malaysia in 2017 but returned to the Valley where he feels more “honoured”. He said, “I was in Kuala Lumpur for two years, but that was a bad decision. I had to pay huge amount for visa and work permit. In the end I just somehow managed to get back home.” Kumar claimed that workers in the construction and services sector are looked down upon abroad.
Riyaz, who came from Uttar Pradesh, said, life in Kashmir is better than at home
Riyaz Ahmed (36), a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh, has brought his entire family – wife and three children – to Kashmir. Ahmed said, “Life here is better than at home. Me and my wife get work regularly.” He hopes to save enough to buy his own house in a few years. Ahmed said, “I work as a carpenter, while my wife is a domestic help. Earnings and savings are enough… I will be in a position to buy my house in Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) in two to three years.”
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Is he scared after killing non-locals? Pointing to his children, he said, “I feel scared, but I am more afraid than hunger. At home (Saharanpur), we don’t even get proper food for two times.”
Militants carried out five killings on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar and Pulwama districts and two non-locals were among those killed. Among them were Arvind Kumar Sah of Bihar and Sagir Ahmed of Saharanpur.
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