Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
N Selvaraj, a brick kiln owner on 24 Veerapandipudur Road in Coimbatore district, has been in distress for the past three years. His annual revenue has fallen by 75% and in the past few months the situation has worsened. He used to sell nearly 15 truckloads of bricks, with 3,000 bricks in each truck, every day. But now hardly two loads are sold in a week. Selvaraj is now in a fix as he has taken huge loans and is apprehensive about taking up any other business. Nearly 30% of the brick kilns that dotted the Thadagam, Chinna Thadagam, Kanuvai and Veerapandipudur areas in Coimbatore have shut down their chambers.
