Migrants workers in Tibet have begun to return home with the advant of winter. They arrived in large numbers at the West Suburb Passenger Transport Station in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, on Oct. 30.
Some got to Lhasa from Xigaze Prefecture, and others from Shannan Prefecture. But Lhasa is only a transit station where they will take a rest before continuing their journey to hurry home.
Migrant workers working in Tibet arrive in large numbers in Lhasa, where they will transfe to trains or buses to return home, Oct. 30, 2009.(Tibet Business Photo)Most construction projects in Tibet have to suspend after November began on account for the region's special climate conditions. Thus in this time every year, migrant workers have to return home, making November a peak period of transportation.
Although migrant workers carrying heavy luggage will have a tough time returning home, they feel sweet in their hearts.
Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2009 shows a woman with a child on her back returning home during the peak transportation period as the Spring Festival is coming near. (tibetculture.net Photo) Huang Shuying is one of such workers. The 37-year-old left her hometown in Sichuan Province in 2006 together with her husband to work for a construction project in Xigaze Prefecture.
In the first year after Huang left, all of her townspeople who sought jobs outside had gone home to celebrate the Spring Festival. Huang had a discussion with her husband, and the couple decided to stay on, because by doing so they would not only save a traveling expense of nearly 10,000 yuan, would also be able to earn 2,000 yuan.
File photo shows passengers lining up to enter the Lhasa Railway Station.(Xinhua Photo) In the second year, Huang's eldest son came to join them in working after graduation from a senior middle school. So, the three got reunited in Xigaze.
"Our eldest son left for home at the beginning of October. We'll definitely go home this year to mark the Spring Festival since we have been away from our hometown for almost three years," she said. They have to go to Lhasa first, where they will have to wait for about five days to draw their wages.
"We're planning to buy train tickets for hard seats. We will spare some time to go sightseeing in Lhasa City," said Huang's husband. Although the couple has been in Tibet for several years, they hardly stayed in Lhasa for long, and have not taken a closer look at the Potala Palace.
Zhao was having a phone call with his family at a public phone booth outside the West Suburb Passenger Transport Station. He had just arrived at Lhasa from Zedang Township, Shannan Prefecture. He went directly to the phone booth to tell his family that he had arrived safely as soon as he got off the bus.
The phone call lasted for 10 minutes. Having got tired for standing there, Zhao squatted down, with sis heart flying back to the family. "My hometown is in Sichuan and I got to Zedang in March to work for my fellow villager in his noodles restaurant," he said.
He planned to buy a hard-seat ticket, but tickets for the trains to Chengdu before Nov. 4 were all sold. He was just explaining how hard to get a train ticket to his family over the phone.
Related departments in Tibet have been busy preparing for the peak transport season. Ice and snow on highways will be cleared promptly. The public will be informed instantly of any adverse weather or natural disasters that will block the roads.
Source: Xinhuanet
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