BHUBANESWAR: For migrant labourers of Odisha, voting is each a celebration of democracy and a dilemma. Each election, those that head out of the southern districts are in a position to return dwelling to train their franchise however their counterparts from western Odisha discover it troublesome to take part within the largest competition of democracy.
Odisha, regardless of being one of many states registering a excessive proportion of each conventional and seasonal labour migration, faces an enormous problem in guaranteeing voting by migrant employees.
Political occasion candidates prepare for his or her return to their homeland previous to polling however their efforts bear fruit in southern Odisha solely. In western districts, the variety of labourers who return is simply 20 per cent of the entire migrant inhabitants.
As per the report, ‘Migration in India’ primarily based on Periodic Labour Power Survey 2020-21, launched by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, there are 8.51 lakh labourers who migrate for jobs from the state. There are 10 migration susceptible districts within the state – Bargarh, Balangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur and Rayagada. Labourers from these districts migrate to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Kerala for work.
