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'Hunger will kill us before coronavirus does’: Migrant labourers in Kashmir say incomes have dried up and relief shelters are inadequate
FirstpostIn all, about 58,000 labourers from other states are stranded in Jammu and Kashmir, according to a survey by the Union Territory’s labour department. The government should have given labourers three days to reach their homes before announcing the lockdown.” Follow LIVE updates on the coronavirus outbreak here Another migrant labourer from Supaul is Mohammad Hanif, who arrived Kashmir on 3 March. According to an official in the labour department, almost four lakh labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and West Bengal come to Kashmir every year to make a living. More than 400 migrant labourers have been lodged in a government building at Lassipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama. One of them, Omar Ahmad, said, “When all work has stopped and migrant labourers have not earned a single penny, it is our responsibility to take care of them.” Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir Pandurang K Pole said that the administration has set up a helpline where migrant labourers can call for any help.
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