Delhi-NCR stares at house help crisis amid exodus of Bengali migrants
The corporate and IT hubs of Noida and Gurgaon, which house a large working-class population, run on migrant labour. A crackdown against illegal Bangladeshi immihrants and fears of a Bihar-like special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has led to a sudden exodus of Bengali migrants. Even as a humanitarian crisis unfolds, Delhi-NCR is staring at a domestic help crisis.
The corporate and IT hubs of Noida and Gurgaon, which house a large working-class population, run on migrant labour. A crackdown against illegal Bangladeshi immihrants and fears of a Bihar-like special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has led to a sudden exodus of Bengali migrants. Even as a humanitarian crisis unfolds, Delhi-NCR is staring at a domestic help crisis.
