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प्रश्न
Read and discuss the following description of the living conditions of workers who come to the labour chowk.
Most workers that we find at the labour chowk cannot afford permanent accommodation and so sleep on pavements near the chowk, or they pay Rs 6 a night for a bed at a nearby shelter run by the Municipal Corporation. To compensate for the lack of security, local tea and cigarette shops function as banks, moneylenders and safety lockers, all rolled into one. Most workers leave their tools at these shops for the night for safekeeping, and pass on extra money to them. The shopkeepers keep the money safely and also offer loans to labourers in need.
Source: Aman Sethi, Hindu On-line
उत्तर
The living conditions of the labourers as presented in the given paragraph put forward a very bleak picture. Most of the labourers who come to the labour chowk do not have permanent accommodation because their incomes do not allow them to afford one. Sleeping on pavements is a desperate measure though not a good and safe option. Since most of these workers would be daily wage earners, they cannot always afford spending Rs 6 per night for sleeping in the night shelter run by the government. Borrowing money from local cigarette and tea shops is not a good option as these would be charging an exorbitant amount of interest for very small sums of money. One can sum up by saying that the given paragraph is successful in showing us the adverse conditions that these labourers survive in order to live their lives one day at a time.
Hence, it is imperative that the government took significant measures to provide these people with proper accommodation and living conditions.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks with appropriate word to complete the sentence:
There are almost ________ street vendors in the country working in ___________
Fill in the blank with appropriate word to complete the sentence:
Those who work in government departments get a _____ salary every month.
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
A large number of people in the city work on the streets.
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Shops on streets are usually temporary structures.
Match the items in column A correctly with those given in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Harpreet and Vandana | (a) Works as a Marketing Manager |
| (ii) Bachchu Manjhi | (b) Works as a tailor |
| (iii) Sudha | (c) Business persons |
| (iv) Nirmala | (d) Work as helpers to masons |
| (v) Daily wage workers | (e) Rickshaw puller |
Very Short Answer Type Question:
Name some activities which are carried out on the streets.
Very Short Answer Type Question:
What types of things do vendors usually sell?
Very Short Answer Type Question:
What is essential for the permanent shops?
Very Short Answer Type Question:
Define ‘labour chowk’.
Short Answer Type Question:
How do hawkers manage their work?
