• Dr. Debajani Palai
• Ramesha Chandra Palai

The COVID-19 has disrupted the world economy. Almost all the countries including India resorted to the policies of lockdown, shutdown and curfews to contain the further spread of the pandemic. Both the waves of unprecedented COVID severely affected the unorganised workers working in different sectors like: manufacturing, construction, automobile and other production and service sectors. The daily workers were forced to come back to their natives with unemployment, hunger, health hazards accompanied by strict social isolation and lack of proper transport and communication facilities due to lockdown and closure of industries. The fear of spread of pandemic and loss of livelihood put them in stress and anxiety to survive. The main objective of this study is to throw light towards the issues faced by daily-labourers in construction sector during the situation of home arrest in pandemic and the resultant adverse effect on their socio-economic-psychological conditions. The methodology of the study is based on reviews along with interviews of wage-earners of Cuttack, Odisha. The findings of the study is based on the data collected from interviewees. The conclusion part covers both issue and strategies to curb those issues of daily workers during lockdown and post-lockdown period.

Daily-Wage-Earners, Lockdown, Construction Sector, Socio-Economic-Psychological Issues.

"Life of Daily Wage Earners during and After COVID-19 Lockdown: An Interview Based Study on Construction Sector in Cuttack, Odisha", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.e264-e283, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203434.pdf

"Life of Daily Wage Earners during and After COVID-19 Lockdown: An Interview Based Study on Construction Sector in Cuttack, Odisha", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppe264-e283, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203434.pdf