In Madhya Pradesh's Tribal-Dominated Jhabua, Blame Game Over Migration
NDTV
Migration for want of employment opportunities is a key election issue in the Jhabua assembly constituency, a Congress stronghold.
What else we can do if not go to Gujarat and look for work, asks Ran Singh, 60, a resident of Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated Jhabua district. Migration for want of employment opportunities is a key election issue in the Jhabua assembly constituency, a Congress stronghold.
"If we do not go to Gujarat, what else we would do? Our rocky land here does not yield much crop. We manage to grow just enough food grains for our own needs," said Mr Singh when asked why people from the district migrate to the neighbouring state in large numbers.
Mr Singh, who lives in a 'faliya' (hamlet), around 50 km from the district headquarters, is preparing his small plot of land for Rabi sowing these days. The farmers here mainly cultivate cotton, millets and maize.
