The people living in the rural area migrate to urban area for improving their living standard or in search of work or for better prospectus. Today the population in urban area is growing faster, people who came for job gets some work and try to help their friends and family by inviting them to urban life style. People in rural area dream about the urban lifestyle and utilities. Movies show that urban life style is more glumes, affordable, enjoyable. People who migrate then adapt to the urban life style they do not want to look back. When they go to their native village or town they share their life and lifestyle inviting more people to settle in urban area. People who migrate from rural to urban are educated, have their own agricultural land, house in their own village, but they are always tempted about the life style and urban culture.
The political parties during the time of election always raise the question of Insider and Outsider, even though they come from the same state and we all live in our own country. This is done to just get a political millage and advertisement. The media keep the flame burning and sensitizing to grab the ratings. Flash backs with breaking news are flashed on the net, making the situation look scary and requirement of high attention from the concerned.
Although all the migrated people do not land up in good paying jobs, only a few percentages of people do land up and become successful. Others live a marginal life in a shabby locality trying to meet their requirements. The question always arise in mind is when you have enough agricultural land at your native, why need to take up a job and work under some one when you can be the owner.
As per the planning commission of India, Government has come out with statistical figures defining the BPL level for urban and rural area. It is to be noted that this is a revised criteria, the earlier borderline was drawn at a daily expense of Rs 20 in the urban areas and Rs 14 in the rural areas as per 2004-05 prices. Out of this, Rs 12 and Rs 17 were supposed to take care of just food needs.
Will this raising cost of inflation, price rise and pathetic living conditions in Urban area, makeup the minds of the migrated people who owns agricultural land, cattle farming etc decide to migrate to village?. Will this cause reverse migration of hard working people of rural areas? The struggle remains the same, be it working in urban or rural, only they will be happy to see their own fertile land giving higher yield of product. Now a day there is scarcity of labor even for agricultural farming, will these people take up this as an opportunity to live? The media has access to rural areas, the benefits and luxury that urban people were enjoying is now available in rural areas. So will be there any change in mind set?
Time will test! And let’s be hopeful.
