India's Poor Eke Out Living In Kashmir

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - APRIL 29: An Indian laborer sorts through the heaps of waste at the city's lone landfill site on April 29, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Kashmir has witnessed huge influx of poor migrant laborers from different parts of India over the past few decades. Living below poverty line and with little access to education or sanitary living conditions, whole families, including children, mostly from different Indian states collect scrap to make a living. These Indian laborers sort through heaps of waste at a landfill site in Srinagar, where an average 400 metric tonnes of solid waste is dumped on daily basis. Working at landfill sites can be hazardous and many of laborers do manual scavenging without basic precautionary equipment. Although the Indian economy has seen significant growth, there are still millions of people who survive on less than $1 (63 INR) a day. International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some places is marked on May 1, 2015. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)