MEASURING THE PROBLEMS & EMOTIONS OF URBAN-WARD MIGRANTS: A CASE STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN DELHI 0 0

Abstract

Migration is the process that results in a relative change to one's abode, be it seasonally, permanently, or temporarily. It brings along a series of challenging factors ranging from emotional effects that come in addition to economic, societal, and demographic facets. This in general further enhances strong feelings both negative (such as isolation, homesickness, etc.) and positive (such as pleasure, enthusiasm, and happiness) in migrant lives. The situation worsens when lack of money is involved as one of the reasons for migration. This study in particular focuses on one such section of migrant construction workers. Typically, these workers are poor migrants, living and working in challenging situations alongside dealing with spatial segregation and separation from family. Workers occasionally travel with their families; if not, they stay and work with people who they already know or are related to them or perhaps share the same background. Leaving behind their home, family, and memories of their nativeness impacts their emotional and psychological well-being. Therefore, in this study, an effort has been made to comprehend both the positive and negative feelings that migrant construction workers experience during the course of their migratory process as an urban issue.