Officials help migrant labourers in Anantapur district
4 years, 9 months ago

Officials help migrant labourers in Anantapur district

The Hindu  

Arid Anantapur district is known for its migrant labour force, who mainly go to Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, but return to their native villages in Kadiri, Puttaparthi and Kalyandurg Assembly constituency areas a week ahead of Ugadi to return within 15 days. While 474 persons had come from Karnataka, 27 from Maharashtra, 68 Telangana, 37 Kerala, 10 Tamil Nadu, 3 Delhi and one each had come from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Meanwhile, 445 beggars and street urchins in Anantapur town have found a temporary shelter, where they would be fed and health taken care of by the district administration in association with different NGOs. Four shelters at Kamalanagar, Social Welfare Hostel near Guild of Service, Kazanagar, and Maruthi Nagar were started on Saturday where they had started arriving one by one.

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