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spinning on empty stomachs in india\'s textile hub
by：MX machinery
2019-08-25
Didigur, India (
Thomson Reuters Foundation-
The pan bowl pans basin at Anandi Murugesan\'s home is empty.
A handful of vegetables are scattered on the floor below.
Dinner is not ready yet.
The last meal of 15-year-
Old murugsang had some rice and the remaining lentils.
After more than 8 hours, fresh cooked food is still not visible.
\"With Rice, my sister will make some rice (
Tamarind soup)
\"She said in a small kitchen.
Family room in Manjanaickenpatti village, Tamil Nadu. Back from a 10-
She said she was working an hour shift at the textile mill, \"she was not hungry in any case, just tired \".
Murugesan is one of up to 400,000 workers employed by some 1,600 factories in Tamil Nadu, a major hub for India\'s $40 billion garment and textile industry
Like most of the girls employed in the industry, she is over-working, under-weight, anemia and hunger at work, according to doctors who run health camps in the region.
Dr. Bobby Joseph said: \"More than 50% of girls are hungry all day, not eating, or almost not eating at work in a hurry . \" Head of Community Health Department in Bengaluru-
Located in St. John\'s Medical School.
While studying the health of the apparel industry, Joseph drew a map of girls in the Coimbatore, Dindigul, Tirupur and Erode districts.
The study found that nearly 45% of girls are underweight and that most girls rarely eat fruit or vegetables.
These findings are not
The profit-quiet secular social services Association opened a health camp in Dindigul district, showing that most of its young workers were also malnourished.
\"The food they eat doesn\'t have enough calories,\" says James Victor, whose society is committed to labor rights.
\"We found that 65% of people eat chicken or eggs once a month, only 11.
2% of people eat vegetables in a month.
For the work they do, they don\'t eat enough.
Murugesan\'s favorite vegetable is a variety of broad beans covered with ground coconut.
But she can\'t remember when it was the last time she ate it.
\"We don\'t eat vegetables like this, we just add a few pieces to the lentils and then eat them with rice and kimchi,\" she told Thomson Reuters Foundation . \".
She\'s about a large part of 5,500 rupees. $85)
Wages are painful every month.
She added that balms and medications could be relieved in addition to food.
Murugesan got up at dawn, had a cup of tea and boarded the factory bus at 6 in the morning. m. for her 8 a. m. shift.
Her first meal of the day was about 10 at the spinning mill. m.
It was a bad meal, she said, but she forced herself to eat a few bites and watch her for the whole day.
\"It\'s often uncooked rice, sometimes with too little salt and sometimes more,\" she said . \".
As the management deducts the canteen service fee of up to Rs 750 per month ($12)
She didn\'t bring food from home.
Some friends brought a small steel lunch box full of rice and leftovers.
But they paid for the canteen.
\"Even if the food is good, we only have 30 minutes, during which we have to queue up to use the restroom and finish the food.
We were fined every minute we were late.
\"One by one
The profit Community Awareness Research Education Trust shows that employees eat less than 10 minutes.
\"Most girls use the toilet during breaks and it takes at least 10 minutes,\" S said . \"M.
Prithviraj of the trust.
\"It took another 10 minutes in line to buy plates, food, get a glass of water and find a place to sit.
This gives each girl about 10 minutes to eat her food, clean up her plate and go back to the machine.
So most people eat a little, drink a lot of water, and go back to work.
Murugesan returned home before 7: 00 in the evening. m.
Then she washed her clothes before going to bed, took a shower and had a little dinner.
\"I am very, very tired and often feel like a machine in my body,\" she said . \".
\"At the end of the day, all I can think of is sleeping.
I ate a little because my mom insisted.
\"The industry that produces yarn, fabric and clothing
Terminal brand, mainly hiring young rural women from poverty, illiteracy and low income
Caste community.
They work 12 hours a day and say they often face intimidation, sexual speech and harassment.
Joseph\'s study found \"lack of attention\" in management \".
\"Because the labor force is cheap and available, they don\'t think it is necessary to make more than basic investments in their health needs,\" he said . \".
Workers have no say in the food provided, Victor said, adding that most factories have stopped traditional health boosters such as Palm jaggery and bananas in order to reduce costs. P. V.
Chandra, vice president of the Tamil Nadu Textile Mills Association, said painting the whole industry with the same brush was unfair and many initiatives were in progress.
\"These women were only in our factory for 8 hours and we tried to provide them with delicious food.
\"The rest of the responsibility lies with the family,\" he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation . \".
\"For girls staying at the mill hotel, there is a constant effort to improve the facilities.
But sometimes girls say they don\'t want to put vegetables on the menu, but they want spicy curry.
\"Velankani mutiha, Decree\", admitting that he likes to make gravy-
\"But not every day \".
When she watched her mother light the fire to cook rice for the evening, she said all her colleagues
The workers complained about their bad health.
\"We work in a trance,\" she said . \".
\"We all spent too much money to see a doctor and buy medicine.
We know that fruits and vegetables are good for us, but we can\'t afford them at all. ” ($ 1 = 64.
Rs 3200 India)
Thomson Reuters Foundation-
The pan bowl pans basin at Anandi Murugesan\'s home is empty.
A handful of vegetables are scattered on the floor below.
Dinner is not ready yet.
The last meal of 15-year-
Old murugsang had some rice and the remaining lentils.
After more than 8 hours, fresh cooked food is still not visible.
\"With Rice, my sister will make some rice (
Tamarind soup)
\"She said in a small kitchen.
Family room in Manjanaickenpatti village, Tamil Nadu. Back from a 10-
She said she was working an hour shift at the textile mill, \"she was not hungry in any case, just tired \".
Murugesan is one of up to 400,000 workers employed by some 1,600 factories in Tamil Nadu, a major hub for India\'s $40 billion garment and textile industry
Like most of the girls employed in the industry, she is over-working, under-weight, anemia and hunger at work, according to doctors who run health camps in the region.
Dr. Bobby Joseph said: \"More than 50% of girls are hungry all day, not eating, or almost not eating at work in a hurry . \" Head of Community Health Department in Bengaluru-
Located in St. John\'s Medical School.
While studying the health of the apparel industry, Joseph drew a map of girls in the Coimbatore, Dindigul, Tirupur and Erode districts.
The study found that nearly 45% of girls are underweight and that most girls rarely eat fruit or vegetables.
These findings are not
The profit-quiet secular social services Association opened a health camp in Dindigul district, showing that most of its young workers were also malnourished.
\"The food they eat doesn\'t have enough calories,\" says James Victor, whose society is committed to labor rights.
\"We found that 65% of people eat chicken or eggs once a month, only 11.
2% of people eat vegetables in a month.
For the work they do, they don\'t eat enough.
Murugesan\'s favorite vegetable is a variety of broad beans covered with ground coconut.
But she can\'t remember when it was the last time she ate it.
\"We don\'t eat vegetables like this, we just add a few pieces to the lentils and then eat them with rice and kimchi,\" she told Thomson Reuters Foundation . \".
She\'s about a large part of 5,500 rupees. $85)
Wages are painful every month.
She added that balms and medications could be relieved in addition to food.
Murugesan got up at dawn, had a cup of tea and boarded the factory bus at 6 in the morning. m. for her 8 a. m. shift.
Her first meal of the day was about 10 at the spinning mill. m.
It was a bad meal, she said, but she forced herself to eat a few bites and watch her for the whole day.
\"It\'s often uncooked rice, sometimes with too little salt and sometimes more,\" she said . \".
As the management deducts the canteen service fee of up to Rs 750 per month ($12)
She didn\'t bring food from home.
Some friends brought a small steel lunch box full of rice and leftovers.
But they paid for the canteen.
\"Even if the food is good, we only have 30 minutes, during which we have to queue up to use the restroom and finish the food.
We were fined every minute we were late.
\"One by one
The profit Community Awareness Research Education Trust shows that employees eat less than 10 minutes.
\"Most girls use the toilet during breaks and it takes at least 10 minutes,\" S said . \"M.
Prithviraj of the trust.
\"It took another 10 minutes in line to buy plates, food, get a glass of water and find a place to sit.
This gives each girl about 10 minutes to eat her food, clean up her plate and go back to the machine.
So most people eat a little, drink a lot of water, and go back to work.
Murugesan returned home before 7: 00 in the evening. m.
Then she washed her clothes before going to bed, took a shower and had a little dinner.
\"I am very, very tired and often feel like a machine in my body,\" she said . \".
\"At the end of the day, all I can think of is sleeping.
I ate a little because my mom insisted.
\"The industry that produces yarn, fabric and clothing
Terminal brand, mainly hiring young rural women from poverty, illiteracy and low income
Caste community.
They work 12 hours a day and say they often face intimidation, sexual speech and harassment.
Joseph\'s study found \"lack of attention\" in management \".
\"Because the labor force is cheap and available, they don\'t think it is necessary to make more than basic investments in their health needs,\" he said . \".
Workers have no say in the food provided, Victor said, adding that most factories have stopped traditional health boosters such as Palm jaggery and bananas in order to reduce costs. P. V.
Chandra, vice president of the Tamil Nadu Textile Mills Association, said painting the whole industry with the same brush was unfair and many initiatives were in progress.
\"These women were only in our factory for 8 hours and we tried to provide them with delicious food.
\"The rest of the responsibility lies with the family,\" he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation . \".
\"For girls staying at the mill hotel, there is a constant effort to improve the facilities.
But sometimes girls say they don\'t want to put vegetables on the menu, but they want spicy curry.
\"Velankani mutiha, Decree\", admitting that he likes to make gravy-
\"But not every day \".
When she watched her mother light the fire to cook rice for the evening, she said all her colleagues
The workers complained about their bad health.
\"We work in a trance,\" she said . \".
\"We all spent too much money to see a doctor and buy medicine.
We know that fruits and vegetables are good for us, but we can\'t afford them at all. ” ($ 1 = 64.
Rs 3200 India)
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