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Abstract : The city of Kochi marks as one of the crucial areas wherein a large number of labour migrants from all around the country seem to have found solace in. The figures on this basis also seem to be growing over the previous years. The study deals with the role of labour migration in the infra-structural development of Kochi and its effect on the economy, wherein the supplied knowledge of data is collected through primary information from a fifty randomly selected respondents. The data was collected from Aluva, Kakkanad and Kaloor, which are claimed to be the major areas of migrant labour inhibitions. The overall study examines the factors and living conditions of the migrant labours, their impact on the economy and their role in infra-structural development. The study also focuses on the inter- relationship between certain factors that lead to their migration.