The roadmakers

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDIA | Thursday, 4 July 2013 | Views [698] | View Larger Image

While his co-workers are laying the road, tribhuvan is busy playing with the tar.. Wearing only a single glove and pouring the boiling tar poses a great risk of skin burns. Ignorant of the fact, tribhuvan seems to be enjoying it.

Tags: boiling, molten, tar, smoke

Shambhu and his co-workers get down to business without really caring about any safety norms. As one can see him pouring a sweltering mix of tar and gravel with mere slippers on. No hand gloves, no gumboots, no masks, these workers risk their life everyday for merely 3 dollars.

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After toiling for hours in the scorching sun, food acts as the only respite of the day. With dust-laden hands, Tribhuvan and his friends savour their culinary creation with utmost joy. One wonders, how they manage to enjoy it in such conditions? May be it is the dust and the tar that act as a special flavouring agent!

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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