After going to pitch the road, I worked with my friends in many districts of the country
I am a migrant worker. Wherever there is a wage, there is my address. Now I am 62 years old. However, he did not stop scratching his hands and feet. My house is Saviyatari, Gadhimai Municipality-4, Bara. Moreover, I was not able to stay at home and have fun with my children. I work pitching at the road construction site to feed them. After sending home two or four paise earned from this work, the family's stomach is filled.
I was 20-22 years old when I started this work. I have been doing this for over 40 years . I started working with my friends when the road construction started in the village. After going to pitch the road, I worked with my friends a little away from the village and reached many districts of the country. My efforts have been spent on many roads in the country . They are sweating .
We have a group of 23 people. We work on the road prepared for black paper by spreading gravel, widening the road, cooking Alkatra and sprinkling Alkatra. There is no hot-cold flow . Sometimes it's freezing cold and sometimes it's hot and sweaty. But work has to be done. Dust flies, while cooking alkatra, bhatbhati gets burnt and the smoke enters from the mouth to the inside . Jiu is suffering. But by God's grace there has not been a serious break yet.
We came here from the contact of the contractor . 700 rupees will be paid for working all day . If you work throughout the month, you will earn 21,000 . Sometimes the depression is down for a day or two. My household expenses have been covered by this monthly income. Jahan and two sons of 22 and 23 years and a daughter of 21 years are with me. They got married. The elder son drives a tractor in the village, and the younger son owns a meat shop. The earnings of the sons are good for them. With my earnings, we are running the expenses of the elderly .
The most expenditure is on catering . 9,000 per month is spent on pulses, rice, vegetables and salt-oil etc. At the time of my son's marriage, we took a loan from the bank, the installment of which is 7,000 per month. And the remaining clothes cost 2,000 and 1,000 for snacks.
and a little bit of money left over to make medicine . No matter how hard you work, sweaty, your pocket is always empty. Now I'm used to it. I don't have much desire. The old lady is a little sick. He has not been treated well. It will be the same if we earn money and check it well.
There is a crude house on 10 dhur land . If I had money, I would have added some land. This is a dream come true. In any case, lives have been saved. I am happy about this. Festivals come, relatives gather at home at different times, at that time we have to make ends meet with one person's income. You should think twice to eat meat. We have many experiences from east to west of Nepal looking for work. We have worked in various places from Pokhara, Kathmandu, Tehrathum, Itahari to Janakpur, Birganj etc. .
Now we are in Rukum East under this Madhyapahari Folk Road. Our collective stay is . Girls from the village have also come to work. They cook, we do other things . The food and accommodation arrangements are done by the contractor himself. Even when they go to other places, arrangements are made in this way.
It's been 13 days since I came here (Rukum East) for a month. Now the plan is to go home from here after working for the rest of the day and then stay at home for a few days to work in Damak. Families meet only when there is a chance. Other times it's work, work . What to do if you don't work like this, you won't have enough to eat .
Presented by: Mahesh KC
