A DIFFERENT LOCAL TRAIN

GROUP MEMBERS

•Alifur Rahaman Mandal•Ankhiparna Guha•Ankita Saha•Alekhya Ghosh•Kingshuk Jana•Anik Kumar Mal

For us a train journey is just a part of our day

But for them it’s theBeginning & end

introduction

By “them” we meant…in our presentation we tried to view life from their point of

view•Their basic problemes•Why they are important to us

•Children of railway•The probable way out

Our journey to see their story little closely

In our little survey , We saw their ART

Their ART of SURVIVAL

We saw their PASSION We saw their POTENTIAL

In a local train, they might be called as A Hawker, A Beggar, A sweeper…..But they too have a story

Behind every dayThere is a new beginning

Against all odds what makes themREAL FIGHTER

General problems•Reliance on monetized economy•Lack of accessibility to basic sevices

•Vulnerability to disease

•Environmental hazards

•Social fragmentation

There are millions in darkness

Why should we care??Hawkers economy constitutes the

“informal economy”

•This economy massively affect the global economy

•India’s 2nd largest population earn livelihood through informal trading

What can be done!

•Better facilities should be provided

•Training can improve their earning

•Self-Management & Registration

•State Governments and the Municipal Authorities should enable Self-Help Groups (SHGs)

•Undertake periodic survey/census

Children of railway

Every

5 minutes a child arrives alone on a platform in India

Constrain to their bright future

•lack of proper guidance

•Bound to do labor jobs

•Improper implementation of Govt schemes

ever has to live on the streets.

We believe in a world where no child ever has to live on the platform