QUALITY OF LIFE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS: CASE STUDY FROM MUMBAI

Mumbai is the financial and cultural capital of India. People from different parts of the country come to Mumbai in search of jobs. The city offers ample opportunities of employment in several fields. Unskilled construction workers are mostly the migrants in the city. They leave their families and come to Mumbai to earn more in this city. At present, large numbers of such workers are working in different construction project like real estate, metro, construction of roads and over bridge etc. They do not have any permanent job, as they are working in daily basis or in contact basis. The continuous heavy work in the construction sites make the workers physically weak. Poor economic conditions and low educational level are also responsible for low quality of life. The unbalanced income and expenditure create many socio-economic problems in their life.