Hardly twenty of us could get work. Although the government. had fixed Rs40 as the daily wage labour, at most of these sites payment was far less. We got only Rs28 on the road construction. During the scarcity women were able to get payment for work in food Back at the village, it's a different story. Here, at Oxfam's pond, work is very good.
Pay is good.
Ghotala means corruption, or misappropriation. Women work alongside the men, and the work is kept as far as possible close to their homes and conveniently scheduled, with recess during the hottest hours of the afternoon, allowing villagers to rest and attend to household affairs. Most remarkable of all, the workers are paid partly in cash and partly in food, generally millet, the region's staple grain. According to the village women, the food was the best part of the pay. After the harvest in October it is hoped that the food situation will ease.