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High pay, high peril: Indian Kashmir still attracts migrant workers

Every spring, mason Mohammad Ghulam Sarwar boards a train to Indian Kashmir, seeking higher wages despite the risk of be...

High pay, high peril: Indian Kashmir still attracts migrant workers
Source: SCMP - World

Every spring, mason Mohammad Ghulam Sarwar boards a train to Indian Kashmir, seeking higher wages despite the risk of being targeted by militants in the disputed Himalayan region. Sarwar, 25, is one of an estimated half a million migrant workers who stream into the Himalayan region each year, forming the backbone of an economy increasingly reliant on labour from some...

SOURCE: SCMP - World
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