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Accepted Paper

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

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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, -