Shrini, 38, came to Mumbai in 2003 to help pay a debt that he says took a decade of his life. A daily wage labourer, he made Rs. 50 a day for 12 hours of gruelling work. He was only 16 at the time. His father had been a mason in Mumbai but what he earned couldn’t provide for the 10 members in the family. That’s when his mother and brother also decided to work at construction sites, hoping that if they all worked, they’d be able to pay off the loan sooner. They stayed near Mulund then.