Eastern Jatha has travelled through Ramgarh, Hazaribag and Koderma In Jharkhand today.
In Ramgarh, a town in colliery belt, coal workers and daily wage
workers attended a public meeting in the morning. They reported about
spiraling price rise. In Central Coal Fields mines, the number of
workers is decreasing while the load of work is increasing. “1 worker, 4
Work”, said a worker. Their houses have become dangerous to live. Coal
dumps have been constructed in workers colony, and poisonous smoke is
creating havoc with people, specially children.
In Hazaribagh, large number of women were present, mainly from nearby
villages. They listening with apt attention to Subhashini Ali’s speech
as she was telling the chronicle of women’s distress in the country.
These villagers alleged that BPL cards are not available to them.
In Jhumri Tilaya, Koderma, there was a huge meeting. Mainly daily
wage earners and peasants attended the meeting. Thousands of young and
aged have become migrant workers in other parts of the country as no
job, not even in very low wages are available here. Some reported that
daily wage has come down to as low as less than Rs.50. But the poor
urban workers have united under Red flag. Some of them have started
working with CPI(M) under very difficult conditions and even in
underground.
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