Photos: Away from home, migrant workers fire brick kilns in lockdown

By HT Correspondent

Updated On May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

May 1 is observed internationally as Labour Day or May Day, celebrate the achievements of workers and to commemorate the labour movements across countries that have shaped industries to ensure rights such as work hours that maintain the quality of life and paid leaves. While India fights the coronavirus, its industrial workers, farmers and those in its brickworks continue toiling in preparation for life post Covid-19.

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Migrant workers rest against a stack of bricks at the Amrahi Ghat Brick Kiln located along the banks of the river Ganga in Patna City, during the national lockdown against the coronavirus outbreak on April 30. While majority of the country’s industries remain shut due to the lockdown, workers at brick kilns such as this one have been toiling away. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

Updated on May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

Migrant workers rest against a stack of bricks at the Amrahi Ghat Brick Kiln located along the banks of the river Ganga in Patna City, during the national lockdown against the coronavirus outbreak on April 30. While majority of the country’s industries remain shut due to the lockdown, workers at brick kilns such as this one have been toiling away. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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Workers transport bricks using bicycles at the Amrahi Ghat Brick Kiln. About 150 seasonal workers, many from neighbouring Jharkhand, work in the kilns situated along the banks of the river Ganga in Patna. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

Updated on May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

Workers transport bricks using bicycles at the Amrahi Ghat Brick Kiln. About 150 seasonal workers, many from neighbouring Jharkhand, work in the kilns situated along the banks of the river Ganga in Patna. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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A migrant worker carries a stack of bricks on her head at the Amrahi Ghat Brick Kiln. Women and children work alongside the men in India’s informal employment sector. The kilns provide livelihood to thousands of unskilled labourers and attract migrant workers or landless farmers in the off-seasons. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

Updated on May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

A migrant worker carries a stack of bricks on her head at the Amrahi Ghat Brick Kiln. Women and children work alongside the men in India’s informal employment sector. The kilns provide livelihood to thousands of unskilled labourers and attract migrant workers or landless farmers in the off-seasons. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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Entire families can be seen sharing work at the kiln. Workers travelling with families are left with no choice but to bring young children along, many of whom end up working alongside their parents --the whole family usually operating as a unit. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

Updated on May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

Entire families can be seen sharing work at the kiln. Workers travelling with families are left with no choice but to bring young children along, many of whom end up working alongside their parents --the whole family usually operating as a unit. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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With the entire country in a lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus, thousands of migrant workers have not been able to make it back home to their villages. India’s large workforce of migrant labour, such as this man working in the brick kiln, has little access to any protective gear against the pandemic. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

Updated on May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

With the entire country in a lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus, thousands of migrant workers have not been able to make it back home to their villages. India’s large workforce of migrant labour, such as this man working in the brick kiln, has little access to any protective gear against the pandemic. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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A worker shapes bricks with mud while rows of bricks laid out to dry extend behind her. Away from home, and amid lockdown restrictions the workers look with uncertainty at the months ahead. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

Updated on May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

A worker shapes bricks with mud while rows of bricks laid out to dry extend behind her. Away from home, and amid lockdown restrictions the workers look with uncertainty at the months ahead. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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A group of workers take bricks to be baked in a kiln. Brickworks along the Ganga provide work until the monsooon, when the rising waters tend to submerge the factories. That also signals time for the workers to head home. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

Updated on May 01, 2020 03:55 pm IST

A group of workers take bricks to be baked in a kiln. Brickworks along the Ganga provide work until the monsooon, when the rising waters tend to submerge the factories. That also signals time for the workers to head home. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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