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Road makers

Road makers
Himachal Pradesh..in the mountains. India. All the work is done by hand...boiling bitumen, mixing and shovelling the boiling mixture, and spreading it on the roads. As you see, women also do this work..because they are poor. Their children sleep at the side of the road, or play with stones while they work.k

, ©UdoSm, Günter Diel, and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
There must be a happy halfway point! Look at the workers...wearing sandals in the boling tar......there are no safety regulations. The women are also paid half of what the men get.
12 years ago.
 mARTin Piché
mARTin Piché
Tellement différent comme culture. Cela fait réfléchir. Merci Diana
12 years ago.
Diana Australis club has replied to mARTin Piché
Bonne journée mARTin, et merci de ton commentaire...
12 years ago.
 Rafael
Rafael club
Qué maravilla de ambiente.En esos países hay mucha más solidaridad entre ellos. Es hermoso eso, a pesar de la pobreza.
Qué bien haces en tus viajes, mi amiga Diana. Un abrazo !!!
12 years ago.
Diana Australis club has replied to Rafael club
Un abrazo, Rafael...and thank you. I take photos of things which make me reflect on how lucky I am, and I wish to share them so others in our luckier countries can see how difficult life is for the poor. Beso..Diana
12 years ago.
 Fr@nk Eiche
Fr@nk Eiche
Mühsam !
12 years ago.
Diana Australis club has replied to Fr@nk Eiche
Very much so...
12 years ago.
 Rymie Jolie
Rymie Jolie
Je leur donnerai bien un coup de main!!
Belle photo!
12 years ago.
Diana Australis club has replied to Rymie Jolie
Merci a toi, Rymie...c'est Un travail dur, vraiment...
12 years ago.
 Aixa
Aixa
En Nordeste de Brasil, la gente pobre que vive a lo largo de las carreteras
haces agujeros en ellas para taparlos cuando vienen los coches a que los
viajeros les paguen por taparlos. Es una opción para combatir la pobreza,
que da mucha tristeza al verlo.
12 years ago.
Diana Australis club has replied to Aixa
This is genuine road building. However in Indonesia and Pakistan poor people do as you say...the make holes or channels in the road and make drivers pay them to fix up the damage, like you describe. It s all so sad to see. The poor always suffer....
12 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
A hard life...
Only after my numerous trips all over the world and many such impressions could I realize how well we are doing...
3 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.

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