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Institution of Prostitution Flourishing Fast in the City

Prostitution, the dirty reality of the city was never as open as it is now. Always a conservative and traditional city Chandigarh, now all set to join the metros in the race of flesh trade. Many young girls enter prostitution lured by the attractive dough reports Rita G Chauhan

The winds of change and modernity are blowing very fast in the city; it looks like very soon the city is going to join hands with the fast moving metro cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Prostitution a booming business in all these cities, Chandigarh is also all set to join this dirty trade with thousands of high-price call girls and escorts. So far the city don’t have any designated area for brothels from where this trade can be run but the things keep going the same way, the Mani Majra area in Chandigarh is soon to be that place. Data shows that most of the trade is being run from here by pimps through their network with local hoteliers and customers. You can see prostitutes soliciting customers in the open without hesitation.
A local shopkeeper (without telling his name) said, “It is an embarrassing situation for customers many times when the deal happens in front of their eyes. The girls fix the rate very openly. They take money between Rs. 500 to Rs. 3, 000, depending upon the opposite party”.

In fact institution of prostitution in the city is not new but before it went on behind the society. Now the call girls’ trade runs very proudly under the nose of the police. Sometimes pimps and escorts do have some sort of protection from police and local people can’t do anything. However police has conducted so called raids in the shabby guest houses and hotels but nothing had changed.

In the past few years the number of prostitutes is fast multiplying and the trade is going on openly on the roads. We can see many call girls negotiating with customers in the open. When we talk to these girls, most of them say that they have entered into the profession for easy money. However the reasons for earning money are different for every girl.

Reema (name changed), who lives with her old mother is studying in the city Govt. degree college says, "I love to study but once I literally had nothing to live on. There were no grants, no funding, nothing at all. She remains quiet for a while and after that continues, "The conditions were miserable!! And a part-time job was out of the question because the work and time both did not suite me. That's when I entered in the flesh trade through a local pimp. I must admit initially I was nervous and uneasy doing it, even I didn’t make much money from my clients but after a few goes, and I got used to it. Now I worked with a group and earn an average Rs. 5, 000 –a-weeks for three to four nights. She claims, “For society might be it is degrading but I have no choice. I'll stop doing it when I get a right kind of job after completion of my study, but for now I earn my own money for better life".

Sajiya, 32 (name changed) said, "I became a prostitute 5 years ago after having extra-marital affair, my family had thrown me out of house and I had no alternate".

Many others find it an easy way to earn money. These high-price escorts are running their trade in renowned hotels rather than roads under any agency services. They are educated enough and consider prostitution a lucrative profession to earn extra money.
Jinny, a struggling model, says the money in this trade is great and her working hours are convenient. She is one of the thousands of high-price call girls who entertain high profile businessmen. She said, “To maintain my lifestyle I need a lot of money and hard work, but here it's just one hour and you make a lot of money. I think it's easy." She charges Rs. 20, 000 to Rs.50, 000 for one time including agency commission.

The growth of escorts business is the result of globalised India. There are many online agencies that are working to allure the rich multimillionaires and business entrepreneurs who love fun and relaxation.
Subiya, who is working with a Chandigarh, based escorts agency says, “I prefer to say escort rather than prostitute, because it is sounds down class. But I cannot run away from the fact that men pay me for sex. She adds there is nothing that I enjoyed; I just do it for good money. Since I started doing it I have left behind all my relationships. It’s hurting me a lot now, but I can’t go back.

Data shows that many young girls who sneaked from other states are also employed here as sex slaves. Rani, a good-looking girl from a small town left studies after schooling and started working with a dance group in the city to help her family. She had signed a two year contract, but after a few months she was forced to do obnoxious things by her employer and slowly she turned into a prostitute, disguised as a dancer.

Sources reveal that prostitution has been thriving fast in the city. The pimps use rented accommodation for prostitution.
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