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Hindu labourers migrate to Indian-controlled Kashmir to escape heat

（Xinhua）  08:58, May 17, 2013  

A Hindu girl shies away from the camera at a slum area near Bijbehara town of Anantnag district, around 44 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 16, 2013. Thousands of poor Hindu labourers from Indian states migrate to Indian-controlled Kashmir during summers to escape the scorching heat and earn their livelihood by either doing menial jobs or selling brooms. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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