Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
The plantation sector, which accounts for the highest number of migrant workers in Idukki, is facing a severe shortage of skilled labour in harvesting, once exclusively entrusted to the women workforce. As per estimates given by the plantation inspector's office, Peerumade, there are 13,424 workers on the 52 estates in the taluk, of which 876 are migrant labourers. A large number of them is from Assam. The migrant workers are given accommodation, but they are not employed in cardamom plucking as it requires experience for selection of the ripe beans from the tender ones.
