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Labourers fight for Rs.60 a week

Workers around the world celebrated International Labour Day Friday, but Kesar Bai was not one of them. The 40-year-old daily wager continued to jostle with 500 others in a labourers' mart in this Chhattisgarh capital to find work. She considers herself lucky if she is hired for a day in a week.1:31 PM on May 01