Bonded labourers of Nuapada crying for jobs, rehabilitation

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Even as the district administration and local police have aggressively started arresting middlemen (coolie sardars) to curb illegal trafficking of bonded labourers in Nuapada district, employment and rehabilitation of the rescued labourers have been neglected. Achievements of the district administration in this regard have been out-shadowed by the perennial problem of unemployment of poverty-stricken labourers in Nuapada district. Stuck between the devil and deep sea, they still strive very hard to eke out a living, a report said.