Lok Sabha Polls: Locals point to lack of jobs in Bengal's Murshidabad
The Economic Times -

Murshidabad: There is something unique about a majority of villages in Murshidabad constituency. They are ghost villages with hardly any youth left to even bury the dead. 80-90% of the men from Raninagar, Jalangi and Domkal assembly segments under Murshidabad constituency are in Kerala, Karnataka, Hyderabad and Maharasthra where they work as migrant workers. Lack of employment opportunities have forced most of the young to middle-aged men to head South for better wages.Hasibul Rehman from...

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