Nuh Violence: Informal labourers are leaving the city in large numbers as a result of the recent communal unrest in Gurugram and the nearby Nuh district of Haryana.
Parking attendants, cab drivers, office peons, and security personnel from a particular community are among the workers fleeing the city following threats and boycott calls by several Hindu outfits.
This class was negatively impacted by the disturbance, which also interfered with day-to-day activities.
Gurugram’s service industry has been severely impacted by the panic-driven migration of migrants following the Nuh riots. After allegedly receiving threats from Hindu organisations, the majority of maids, househelps, cooks, car cleaners, vegetable-and-fruit vendors, and even cab drivers fled their jobs in fear.
The majority of the city’s maids have also left the city for their hometowns, making the threatening calls by the Hindu groups particularly painful for the locals.
Residents of Gurugram have been abandoned by their domestic help. In most condominiums, the cost of services has nearly doubled as a result of this exodus.
“Although the administration claims that everything is normal and there is no exodus, there are fewer cabs and cars on the roads. The cost of the rides is double for those who are available. Fear has caused the maids to quit their jobs,” a Gurugram resident told this correspondent.
In the meantime, the maids in the old Gurugram have even raised their service fees from Rs 3,000 to Rs 7,000 for two hours of housework.
In addition, the cost of 24-hour maid services has increased by a factor of two, to a minimum of Rs 30,000.
“Following the rumours of violence in Gurugram, salespeople, peons, parking lot attendants, and security personnel are staying home. Right now, things are very bad. For manpower services, we are paying another agency twice as much,” a manager of a Gurugram mall said on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the matter.
The construction sector is facing a big crunch as a sizeable section of daily wage labourers have fled following the communal clashes in the Gurugram and Nuh districts and the subsequent threats by Hindu outfits.
“The projects have suffered because many people have left the city and because others are afraid to go to work. Project completion will undoubtedly be hampered by this issue. Now that the employees are afraid, they will delay returning to the workplace,” Gurugram-based realtor Devinder Gulati said.
