By Nilanjana Sarkar
The film” Koos” serves as an important memorial of the struggles faced by sugarcane workers in Maharashtra, pressing the need for change and enhancement in their working conditions.
The jubilee was organized by the Film and Cultural Department of the Nationalist Congress Party (Alit PA war group) on the occasion of Deputy Chief Minister Alit PA war’s birthday. In the competition, the short film Gainful won first prize, and Chandrasekhar won alternate prize. Further than 350 short flicks from across Maharashtra shared, and Koos secured the third position.
The workers worked for nearly the whole day, frequently in unsupportable temperatures, without sufficient rest or food breaks. Works admit minimum compensation for their hard labor, forcing them to take loans from moneylenders at extravagant interest rates. Most of the sloggers are bound in debt thrall, with their minimum stipend slightly enough to cover interest payments, working in these harsh situations. Workers have limited access to toilets, harbors, and healthcare installations, enhancing their misery.
The number of sugarcane sloggers in Maharashtra has been declining due to colorful factors, including educational openings. Youthful people are demanding for formal education, seeking better career prospects beyond homemade labor. Industrial Development Alternative employment openings in diligence and construction sectors are attracting sloggers down from husbandry. Robotization, the preface of mechanized husbandry ways is reducing the demand for homemade labor.
The hurdles of sugarcane sloggers in Maharashtra call for attention and action. Trials are needed to enhance the working conditions. Give introductory installations, merited stipend, and comfortable working conditions for sloggers. Promote Sustainable Practices Encourage sustainable agrarian practices, reducing the reliance on homemade labor and promoting robotization. Support sloggers Offer training and support to sloggers, enabling them to pierce better- paying jobs and ameliorate their livelihoods.