How brick kiln labourers work brick by brick?
How brick kiln labourers work brick by brick?
Published: 05:35 pm Feb 03, 2016
KATHMANDU: In many brick kilns of Kathmandu Valley, hundreds of Indian migrant workers work for living. The labourers come to Kathmandu every winter for a period of around six months for the annual seasonal job. When an individual takes a total of 16 bricks to trucks to load, s/he receives a coin equal to 50 paisa (1/2 rupee). In a week, on an average, a worker collects a total of 3,500 coins, which pays him/her Rs 1,750. THT photojournalist Skanda Gautam visits a brick kiln in Bhaktapur to record their labour into his camera.