ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes different dynamics of transit labour that was created in the three regions of Andhra Pradesh. One, how did construction of the new capital city Amaravati with large-scale displacement of different categories of farm and non-farm workers create transit labour in south coastal Andhra? Two, how have the highly polluting pharmaceutical industries, special economic zones (SEZs), bauxite mining and nuclear plant restricted the employment opportunities within the north coastal Andhra region for fishermen, agricultural and other workers and the new-found strategies of the migrants? Three, how have the successive droughts, wind, solar projects and other SEZ in the Rayalaseema region produced new forms of transit labour? By analyzing these dynamics, this chapter argues that this neoliberal capitalist development model in each region is contributing to greater inequality among different classes, gender and caste groups.
