According to the MiB research methodology of 3-point Census, field teams had to walk street by street and lane by lane for finding the factories. However, in the village areas with the absence of factory concentration, the field team tend to rely on the information given by local people about factories.

A team of Field Officer (FO) and the field supervisor reached a village area named ‘Rustampur Bazar and following the protocol of asking village people about factories. “There is no garments factory in this area!” The team repeatedly received this sentence multiple times from different local individuals. But the FO had something else on his mind.

“Did you notice tire marks on the road over there?” He asked the field supervisor.

“Yes, I can see that. So, what?” The field supervisor responded.

“It seems like those were the tire marks of a heavy vehicle. It means there could be a factory in the area which needs a heavy vehicle for the transportation of its products.” FO explained.

The field supervisor was convinced and started to follow the tire marks with FO. They

went inside in the village, reached to the area called ‘Shaha Para’ and started asking again the local people about any factory locations. One mentioned a factory and gave them the direction which lead them to a house that seemed like a factory. They knocked at the door. A woman opened the door. They explained to her the reason for their visit. The woman asked any one of them to enter inside. The FO went inside while I kept roaming the factory premises.

The FO returned after 20 minutes. He ensured that it was a factory producing knit garment and it has almost 50 workers. He also said that the owner of the factory was very surprised to see them to succeed for finding the factory in such remote locations. While returning, the team saw a microbus outside. They figured out this was the same vehicle that left tire marks on the road.