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Migrant workers flock to Indian Kashmir despite militant threats
At least 24 migrant workers have been killed since 2019, but higher wages and local labor shortages keep drawing them back.
- Despite persistent militant attacks, half a million migrant workers travel to Kashmir annually, forming the backbone of the Himalayan region's economy.
- Mohammad Ashraf Mir of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the region lacks sufficient local skilled labor, driving absolute dependence on migrant workers.
- Sarwar, a 25-year-old laborer from Bihar, earns 1,200 rupees daily in Kashmir versus 700 rupees at home, while sharing cramped Srinagar housing for five dollars monthly.
- Since 2019, at least 24 migrant workers have been killed in militant attacks, with gunmen shooting dead two workers from Chhattisgarh last month.
- An insurgency against Indian rule has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1989, yet workers like Shahid Sofi, a mason from Bihar, persist despite security fears.
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Originally from the state of Bihar (north-east), Mohammad Ghulam Sarwar, 25, has been travelling by train for nearly 10 years, and would not give up on it for anything in the world."Kashmir is a real paradise," says this mason, "I will continue to come there as long as...
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