Urban population produce very little for their consumption but the migrant people are trying to produce and engage in various work and looking for opportunities to survive
Paper long abstract
Poverty stricken people from the neighbouring districts are migrating to Kolkata in search of livelihood and settlement . Urban population produce very little for their consumption but the migrant people are trying to produce and engage in various work and looking for opportunities to survive . There is hardly any planning for developing facilities for these migrants though there is a demand for urban poor to be engaged as daily labour , domestics etc . They develop their own slums and ' Jhupri ' under plastic cover . Many of these migrated urban poor sends money to their families and join the festivities cultural , religious etc and keep in touch with village life before finally settling in urban town. Urban complexities , lack of health , sanitation and water facilities make them continue to suffer .