Labour Day brings no cheer for many workers

Every year, May 1 is marked as Labour Day or May Day in India, which is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. However in some parts of the country the labourers continue to toil to win the day's bread.
Farmers carry watermelon on camel-backs to sell in market on the occasion of International Labour Day in Allahabad. (PTI)

A laborer works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Jammu on Labour Day. (PTI)

A labourer yawns as he walks carrying a sack of scrap material on May Day in Mumbai. (AP)

A woman worker prepares beedis, or leaf-made cigarettes at her workplace in Agartala, Tripura on International Labour Day. (PTI)

Two labourers lift a sand basket on the occasion of May Day or International Labour Day on the river bank of Yamuna in Allahabad. (PTI)

Female workers carry bricks on their heads at Jirania on the outskirts of Agartala on International Labour Day. (PTI)

A labourer passes on a tray filled with gravel to another as they work on a waste-water drainage system on May Day in Mumbai. (AP)

A laborer carries a sack of scrap material on May Day in Mumbai. (AP)