IN FOCUS
We spotlight the vast community of brick kiln workers, largely seasonal migrants leaving their homes as farm yields dip, and now find themselves losing jobs
as kilns go green
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Reportage
06 July 2024
With fraying wooden slippers and a lemon, salt and sugar allowance, migrant
firemen at brick kilns endure the rising heat
Reportage
14 June 2024
Migrant women and children labouring round the clock moulding bricks
struggle to access food and essential health services
Reportage
03 July 2024
With no safety nets as brick kilns shut shop around New Delhi to meet emission norms, workers return to villages, lean on traditional networks to find new work
By Invitation
06 June 2024
Rescued from forced labour at a brick kiln, a family finds itself trapped in a shelter in New Delhi, enduring a record-breaking heatwave, as they wait to go home
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Video
08 July 2024
The contribution of brick kilns to Delhi’s overall emissions was around 6 to 7%, according to a 2018 report by research organisation Centre for Science and Environment.
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Video
14 June 2024
Migrant workers are entitled to public health care services even when they are working away from home