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Accepted Paper:

Economically distressed Migrant population to Kolkata in search of livelihood for survival .  
Manabendra Nath Mandal (University of Calcutta)

Paper short abstract:

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 .

Panel PE14
The urban poor and their struggle for survival: search for an alternative in livelihood (IUAES Commission on Urban Anthropology)
  Session 1 Tuesday 6 August, 2013, -