Tag: migration of families

The movement by people from one place to another with the intentions of settling, permanently in the new location is called migration. Migration may be by individuals, family units or in groups. Most of the people get migrated for food, shelter and employment, in present scenario. People usualy migrate when there is flood causing shortage of food and income.  Among the given options poverty and education are reasons for migration.

Mukadam is a person who lends money as loan for the expenses of villagers and explains to the villagers in which areas they would go for the next six months and people just earn enough money to keep them going through these months. to manage the remaining six months, when there is no rain, and no work in the fields everyone borrows money from the mukadam. To pay back this money people work for Mukadam. Mukadam is an agent for sugarcane factories. He helps them to find work in sugarcane fields.

People migrate from one place to other for work, food and shelter. Few people stay near sugar cane factories for six months and live in huts made of dry grass and sugarcane leaves. Women and children would tie bundles of sugarcane as it was simple and do not involve high manual labor. On the other hand men involved in strenuous work.

Village life is known for vast fields, growing crops, open environment, plenty of trees and animals. The environment in villages is pure and liveable. One can sense fresh air running through veins, freshness and calmness while in a village. We usually go and spend our vacations in the village due to this reason.

The basic needs of human beings are food, clothing, shelter, health etc, which can only be fulfilled through money. So in order to earn money people migrate from one place to another. Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another with the intentions of settling, permanently are temporarily in a new location. People from other states migrated near the new thermal plant in order to work and find better living condition.

There is a huge difference between village life and city life. Food habits in the village are natural as people rely on homemade healthy food such as vegetables and fruits. They grow crops and rear cattle and drink milk to stay healthy and since transportation is not that advance in villages people travel on foot which keeps them fit. While in cities people eat junk food or fast foods and soft drink and due to inappropriate exercise they become vulnerable to many disease like obesity, blood pressure etc.

The movement by people from one place to another with the intentions of settling in the new location is called migration. Migration may be by individuals, family units or in groups. Most of the people get migrated for food, shelter and employment, in present scenario. Migration due to construction of dams is a permanent migration.

Temporary migration is the migration occur due to occupational problems. The temporary movement of people between areas of living and work, usually for the purpose of employment is called circular migration. Person goes to work and returns, but does not settle permanently.

Cities are known for crowded areas, many buildings, Industries and vehicles running on the road. The air in cities is much polluted than villages. There is a lack of plantation in cities which make polluted air remains in the environment. People live in flats and multi-storey buildings.

Raju's father was an engineer in a thermal plant. His father was transferred to a new thermal plant to work there as an engineer, as a result of which Raju's family had to migrate from their original place to the workplace of his father.