Till February, Zafar Ali, 22, thought he had the steering wheel of his career in his hands. A container truck driver in Calcutta, he earned Rs 25,000 a month. It is a common trend in rural areas, labourers chucked out of the formal sector joining the pool of agricultural labourers,” said Bhuimali. About one-and-a-half years ago, a friend of mine told me about container trucks that carry medicines across the country from Calcutta. The move pushed his salary up to Rs 25,000 a month, plus extra pay for driving vehicles to far-off Patna and Guwahati.

Source: The Telegraph June 09, 2020 21:56 UTC