UNB News
July 8, 2000
Magura – Driven
by abject poverty, women and children of poor families of the district are
increasingly taking up odd jobs for survival.
Distressed women and
many under-15 children are being compelled to take up hard jobs in order
to support their families.
They mainly work in
hotels, restaurants, shops, brick-fields, motor garages, rice mills and
other workshops. Minor boys are also seen pulling rickshaws or vans.
Despite hard labour,
they cannot afford to buy adequate foods inviting various diseases.
