''At the foot of a beautiful mountain near Tirusulam is a bumpy narrow stretch bordered by a row of tin-sheet huts. Occupying just over 225 sq. ft., each hut is crammed with 10-15 migrants, reeling under scorching heat.
Migrant workers who reside in the labour colony at Tirusulum live in deplorable conditions. For about 450 people employed at various construction sites across the city, there are just 20 toilets and an open bathing area.Some residents of the locality said that, earlier, workers would defecate in the open near the Tirusulam railway tracks. This stopped after iron fencing was raised around the colony after a few alleged cases of railway track deaths of these workers.''
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