Distress migration from western Odisha to brick kilns outside the State is a matter of concern. Known as Dadan, the distress migrant workers are exposed to vulnerable conditions like denial of minimum wage, workers rights and oppression of different kind.
The social security is also denied to them to address such situation and provide them right kind of social security to these migrant workers, the Mathadi or Hamel Model under Mathadi, Hamel and other workers Act of 1969 of Maharashtra would be a right kind of institutional mechanism, said the speakers is a State level workshop organised by Human Development Foundation HDF-cDAR, a city based NGO.
Supported by IlO, the workshop was inaugurated by Chairman State Food Commission Rl Jamuda and Chairman, Odisha Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board Subash Singh was the chief guest. The workshop was the follow up of the district level workshops held in Balangr, Nuapada and Bargarh.
It is worth mentioning here that the IlO, Delhi has commissioned a study an possibility of Mathadi Model replication in different sectors across the country in providing social security to distress migration and the report was placed in the workshop by Dr Sudhir Katiar of PRAYAS, of Rajasthan.
The speakers include Prof Navaneeta Rath, Souri Bandhu Kar, Naba Mohanty, Trilochan Punji, Rajandra Reddy, DS Naidu, Umi Daniel and Satya Brata Nayak.