altaf hussai is one of fifteen migrant workers employed by the government they're not exactly sure themselvesthere's black mould everywhere. the stench is unbearable. >> these sacks must have been stored here for three or four years, maybe even longer. now their contents are all rotten. >> the storage area is as large as a football pitch. altaf and the other workers come from the state of bihar, one of the poorest regions in eastern india. here in punjab they earn the equivalent of 2 euros a day. from that pittance, they have to feed themselves and their families. altaf can't understand why the government is letting a hundred thousand sacks of grain rot here. >> food has become expensive. on one hand, the government lets wheat and rice rot, and on the other, prices for our everyday food are skyrocketing. politicians should do something about that. the government compensates for its losses from the unsold wheat by simply raising the tax on wheat. >> when a guard comes, we leave the area. the men are there to make sure people don't just help themselves to the grain. we hope to find an explanati