Over 1 crore migrant labourers return to home states on foot during Mar-Jun: Govt
4 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 crore migrant labourers return to home states on foot during Mar-Jun: Govt

The Hindu  

More than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the government said on Tuesday. As per the data compiled by Ministry of Labour and Employment, more than 1.06 crore migrant workers, including those who travelled on foot during the lockdown, returned to their home states, he said. He said the Ministry of Home Affairs issued regular advisories to state/union territories to take all necessary measures to provide shelters, food, water, health facilities and also proper counselling to migrant workers. MHA vide orders dated April 29, 2020, and May 1, 2020, allowed movement of migrant workers to their native places by buses and Shramik special trains, respectively, he said.

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Migrant workers denied pay, walk, hitch-hike 1,000 km in 7 days to return Odisha
1 year, 8 months ago

Migrant workers denied pay, walk, hitch-hike 1,000 km in 7 days to return Odisha

Deccan Chronicle  

Koraput : In a near rerun of the dark days of COVID lockdown, three destitute migrant workers from Odisha walked and hitch-hiked over 1,000 km to Koraput on their way home to Kalahandi from Bangalore in seven days. The trio - Budu Majhi, Katar Majhi and Bhikari Majhi from Tingalkan village of Kalahandi district had undertaken the arduous journey after …

A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight
1 year, 11 months ago

A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight

The Hindu  

This year, International Migrants Day must be seen in the backdrop of unprecedented volatility that began in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on migration According to the International Organization of Migration ’s World Migration Report 2022, there were 281 million international migrants globally in 2020, with nearly two-thirds being labour migrants. In the winter session of …

As Covid Cases Surge in Delhi, Migrant Workers Fear Another Lockdown, Loss of Livelihood
2 years, 11 months ago

As Covid Cases Surge in Delhi, Migrant Workers Fear Another Lockdown, Loss of Livelihood

News 18  

With a surge in coronavirus cases in Delhi and its neighbouring cities, migrant workers and daily wagers fear another round of lockdown could push them into a severe financial crisis from which they might never recover. “There is no lockdown in Delhi, and construction work will continue as usual; there is no reason for labourers and migrant workers to be …

How Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh govt tested, tracked, treated and tackled COVID pandemic, read what IIT study says
3 years, 2 months ago

How Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh govt tested, tracked, treated and tackled COVID pandemic, read what IIT study says

Op India  

On October 11, a team of professors led by Prof Manindra Aggarwal of IIT Kanpur released a study on Uttar Pradesh government’s successful model to manage Covid-19. Source: IIT Kanpur To ensure migrant workers get healthcare and the state prevents any further outbreaks, multiple testing facilities and testing kiosks were established across the state. The state rapidly augmented health infrastructure, …

Over 800k migrants left Delhi after lockdown announced: Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Over 800k migrants left Delhi after lockdown announced: Govt

Hindustan Times  

At least 800,000 migrant workers travelled from Delhi to their home states in the first four weeks of lockdown in the Capital, nearly half of them in the first week, a report by the Delhi government said, highlighting that buses and other arrangements were made for labourers to avoid a repeat of last year’s crisis. “The timely coordination with transport …

Migrant labourers suffer as states impose partial Covid lockdowns
3 years, 7 months ago

Migrant labourers suffer as states impose partial Covid lockdowns

India Today  

The partial and weekend lockdowns have resulted in yet another exodus of migrant labourers from the industrial areas of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. MIGRANT LABOURERS RETURN HOME Labourers who worked in fields and industries besides big construction sites and have started moving towards villages in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Jharkhand. PUNJAB INDUSTRIALISTS FEAR LOSSES AS LABOURERS LEAVE INDUSTRIAL HUBS Partial …

Covid test, week-long quarantine must for migrant workers returning to Jharkhand
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid test, week-long quarantine must for migrant workers returning to Jharkhand

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand government on Wednesday announced that all migrant workers returning to the state will have to undergo Covid test on arrival and a mandatory week-long quarantine. The migrant workers will be tested again before departure for home from the quarantine facilities, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh said. Those migrant workers who test negative shall be quarantined for 7 days in …

Déjà vu March 2020: Migrant Workers Rush Home after Delhi Goes Under Curfew
3 years, 8 months ago

Déjà vu March 2020: Migrant Workers Rush Home after Delhi Goes Under Curfew

News 18  

It was a grim deja vu of last year’s mass exodus of migrant workers from big cities to their homes in rural India soon after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long curfew in Delhi to control the spread of coronavirus. Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Anand Vihar ISBT here to catch a bus home, even though Kejirwal …

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh asks PM to stop reverse migration of workers
3 years, 8 months ago

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh asks PM to stop reverse migration of workers

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention in stopping the reverse migration of workers amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Central trade union wrote that India had dealt with the first wave of the pandemic in 2020 successfully under Mr. Modi’s leadership, but the “second wave has …

Migrant workers vulnerable again, say activists
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers vulnerable again, say activists

The Hindu  

With State governments announcing lockdowns and curfews in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, migrant workers could once again be staring at loss of wages and lack of social protections, labour union leaders and activists said on Thursday. After the lockdown last year, many of these workers could not get back their jobs as the contractors who hired them did …

Migrant workers returning from Maharashtra to MP allege extortion
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers returning from Maharashtra to MP allege extortion

Hindustan Times  

Migrant workers returning from Maharashtra to their native places in state including Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, are complaining of extortions at the hands of Maharashtra police, following the announcement of 15-day curfew by the Uddhav Thackeray government. More than 50 migrant workers were seen near Indore bypass crammed into two loading jeeps going to Jabalpur. After the …

India’s migrants flee to their villages as covid-19 prompts new lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s migrants flee to their villages as covid-19 prompts new lockdown

Live Mint  

As Covid-19 roars back in India, migrant workers who had just started to resettle in the cities they left during last year’s outbreak are packing up to return to their villages again. “People are trying to get out because they’re worried the government will stop the trains again.” Lalit Singh, who works in a factory cutting tiles, got stuck in …

'Will have no option but to die': Migrants in Delhi fear another lockdown amid surge in Covid-19 cases
3 years, 8 months ago

'Will have no option but to die': Migrants in Delhi fear another lockdown amid surge in Covid-19 cases

India Today  

As India reported a rise in Covid-19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are yet again staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing fresh set of restrictions. Though Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ruled out the possibility of a lockdown stating that new restrictions will be implemented soon, many migrants in the city are living under the …

Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions

India TV News  

Amid a massive spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, migrant workers have started returning to their native states fearing another complete lockdown that could be imposed by the government. News agency ANI reported that heavy rush is being seen at several Mumbai railway stations where migrants workers are making a beeling to catch trains for their hometown. A migrant worker …

PMO alert as migrant workers start to return home from Mumbai, metro cities amid Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 8 months ago

PMO alert as migrant workers start to return home from Mumbai, metro cities amid Covid-19 restrictions

India TV News  

With a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in India, preventing another reverse migration of workers, particularly from key industrial areas, seems to be the topmost priority of the Prime Minister's Office. Top sources in the government said the local administration in industrial pockets of Mumbai and other metros have been asked to approach factory management, labour unions and concerned groups …

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown

India Today  

As India witnesses a resurgence in Covid 19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing night curfews and weekend lockdowns. In Delhi, many migrant workers were seen leaving for their home states from the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal. Besides Delhi, many migrant labourers in Mumbai were Several states including Maharashtra, …

Covid-19 migrant crisis: How they returned
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 migrant crisis: How they returned

Hindustan Times  

Millions of labourers spilled out of India’s cities in a desperate attempt to reach home during the lockdown. Their plight holds important takeaways for the country’s policymakers and development strategists A migrant labourer gets emotional while talking to a relative over his mobile phone at Nizamuddin Bridge, May 11, 2020. WALKING OR CYCLING Roughly a week after the lockdown was …

Migrant workers face debt, job loss and separation from families
3 years, 9 months ago

Migrant workers face debt, job loss and separation from families

The Hindu  

Construction sites, industrial clusters, markets and homes in the National Capital Region are abuzz with activity, but for the migrant workers who make a living in these spaces, life is far from normal a year after the country was locked down to curb the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020. Alsio read:Coronavirus lockdown | Migrant workers should not be prosecuted, …

2020 Take: Covid-19 Unravelled Gujarat's Industries, Migrants' March Induced Tears; Lions Roared Loud
3 years, 11 months ago

2020 Take: Covid-19 Unravelled Gujarat's Industries, Migrants' March Induced Tears; Lions Roared Loud

News 18  

Disruption of industrial activities due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, protests by jobless migrants eager to return home and hospital fires – all these and more kept Gujarat in the news during the year. Newly-elected BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Abhay Bharadwaj died on December 2 due while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 complications. Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel died …

House panel calls for tracking movement of migrant workers for better relief disbursement
4 years ago

House panel calls for tracking movement of migrant workers for better relief disbursement

Live Mint  

A key report by the parliamentary panel on home affairs has put the focus back on migrant workers by recommending that a “tracking and monitoring mechanism” be set up for their movement to ensure better relief disbursement. The panel’s report has highlighted the need for better mapping of the movement of migrant workers and a national database at the earliest …

Govt did not help migrant workers who walked back during lockdown: Rahul Gandhi
4 years, 1 month ago

Govt did not help migrant workers who walked back during lockdown: Rahul Gandhi

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that neither the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government nor the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar-led state government offered any help to migrant workers who were returning to their home towns and villages on foot during the national lockdown imposed earlier this year to control the spread of covid-19 pandemic. …

'Khaali haath, khaali jeb, khaali pet': Ahead of Bihar polls, Nitish Kumar govt faces ire of intra-state migrants
4 years, 2 months ago

'Khaali haath, khaali jeb, khaali pet': Ahead of Bihar polls, Nitish Kumar govt faces ire of intra-state migrants

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: By June 2020, at least 32 lakh migrant workers returned to Bihar, driven home by the pandemic. We come here every day at 5 am, wait till noon and then some keep waiting, some sleep here on the footpath till the next day, and some of us just go back – khaali haath, khaali jeb, aur khaali pet,” …

Bihar Elections: For angry electorate of returning migrant workers, NREGA offers little succour
4 years, 2 months ago

Bihar Elections: For angry electorate of returning migrant workers, NREGA offers little succour

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: By June 2020, at least 32 lakh migrant workers returned to Bihar, driven home by the pandemic. People’s Action for Employment Guarantee, an independent body working on NREGA since 2004, tracked the progress of the Act in Bihar between July and August to provide some broad statistics from the NREGA Management Information System, such as the number of …

Over 1 crore migrant labourers walked home during March to June lockdown, Centre tells Lok Sabha
4 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 crore migrant labourers walked home during March to June lockdown, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

The Centre said that while over 81.000 accidents with 29,000 fatalities occurred during that period, it had no data on migrant labours who may have succumbed on the roads More than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the government said on Tuesday. As …

Over 1 Crore Migrant Workers Walked to Their Home States During Lockdown till June: Govt Informs Parl
4 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 Crore Migrant Workers Walked to Their Home States During Lockdown till June: Govt Informs Parl

News 18  

More than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the government said on Tuesday. As per the data compiled by Ministry of Labour and Employment, more than 1.06 crore migrant workers, including those who travelled on foot during the lockdown, returned to their home …

Data on migrant worker deaths | Madras High Court judge questions Centre
4 years, 3 months ago

Data on migrant worker deaths | Madras High Court judge questions Centre

The Hindu  

Justice N. Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court on Friday wondered how the Centre can tell the Parliament that it had no data on migrant workers who lost lives and jobs during the lockdown to fight COVID-19 when their deaths on railway tracks and travel inside concrete mixer trucks had been widely reported in the media. The judge raised the …

Less than 34,000 inter-State migrant workers in 2019-20, says government
4 years, 3 months ago

Less than 34,000 inter-State migrant workers in 2019-20, says government

The Hindu  

In the last five years, there have been no inter-State migrant workers registered in the Delhi, Dehradun or Patna regions. Nationwide, there were less than 34,000 workers registered in 2019-20 under the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979, according to a response to a recent Right to Information Act request. In response to another recent RTI request, the Indian Railways said …

Fake news on lockdown duration triggered large scale migration: MHA
4 years, 3 months ago

Fake news on lockdown duration triggered large scale migration: MHA

India Today  

The Union home ministry on Tuesday told Parliament that migration of a large number of migrant workers during lockdown was triggered by panic created by fake news. In his reply, Reddy stated, “The migration of a large number of migrant workers was triggered by panic created by fake news regarding the duration of lockdown. However, the central government was fully …

Centre, in Parliament's Monsoon Session, says no data available on death of migrant workers during lockdown
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre, in Parliament's Monsoon Session, says no data available on death of migrant workers during lockdown

Firstpost  

Responding to a question, Union minister Santosh Gangwar said the Central government has taken numerous measures to provide migrant labourers with financial assistance, food packages and other benefits New Delhi: The government does not have data regarding the number of migrants who died or were injured during migration to their native places due to the lockdown, Union minister Santosh Gangwar …

Govt. has no data of migrant workers’ death, loss of job
4 years, 3 months ago

Govt. has no data of migrant workers’ death, loss of job

The Hindu  

September 14, 2020 05:28 pm | Updated 05:28 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Ministry of Labour and Employment did not have any data of migrant workers who lost their jobs and their lives during the COVID-19 lockdown, Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Monday informed the Lok Sabha through written replies to several members’ questions The Minister told the House …

Centre Says No Data Kept on Migrant Deaths During Lockdown, No Question of Giving Compensation
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Says No Data Kept on Migrant Deaths During Lockdown, No Question of Giving Compensation

News 18  

No data has been maintained by the government on the number of migrant deaths that occurred due to restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 lockdown initiated on March 25, the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment informed the Parliament during the Monsoon Session on Monday. “India, as a nation, has responded through the Central and state governments, local bodies, self-help groups, …

No data on deaths, job losses among migrant workers during lockdown: Government
4 years, 3 months ago

No data on deaths, job losses among migrant workers during lockdown: Government

India Today  

The Government of India on Monday told Parliament that there is no data available on the deaths and job losses among migrant workers due to the imposition of lockdown during coronavirus pandemic. When asked if the government failed to assess problems faced by migrant labourers during the lockdown, it said, "India, as a nation, has responded through the central government, …

India's migrant workers would 'rather starve' than face humiliation of return to cities after coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 3 months ago

India's migrant workers would 'rather starve' than face humiliation of return to cities after coronavirus lockdown

ABC  

Rampukar Pandit has declared he will never return to the city where he worked as a migrant worker. Amid the flood of images showing the plight of migrant workers during India's coronavirus lockdown, a photograph of the 38-year-old breaking down in tears on the side of the road went viral. India's sudden lockdown meant migrant workers and their families were …

Data | What made migrants return to their villages, how they travelled back, and more
4 years, 4 months ago

Data | What made migrants return to their villages, how they travelled back, and more

The Hindu  

The most common reason that migrants gave for returning to their village from the city was COVID-19, according to the Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS COVID Rural Survey 2020. One in four migrants either walked, cycled or travelled back to their village in hand-pulled rickshaws. How to read the tables The survey is based on face-to-face interviews with 963 migrants in …

To highlight Indian migrant labour crisis during COVID-19, two artists walk 360 km in Europe
4 years, 4 months ago

To highlight Indian migrant labour crisis during COVID-19, two artists walk 360 km in Europe

Firstpost  

One of the principal objectives of the project was to create an awareness in Europe and beyond on the current struggles faced by migrant labourers displaced after COVID-19 lockdowns in India, who have been walking inhuman distances to get to their villages Pankaj Tiwari, a 29-year-old Amsterdam-based artist, hailing from eastern Uttar Pradesh, reads out his poetry amid windy surroundings. …

Six Ex-Civil Servants Move SC Seeking Inquiry By Judicial Commission Into Centre's "Gross Mismanagement" Of COVID-19 & Lockdown [Read Petition]
4 years, 5 months ago

Six Ex-Civil Servants Move SC Seeking Inquiry By Judicial Commission Into Centre's "Gross Mismanagement" Of COVID-19 & Lockdown [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Six retired bureaucrats have moved the Supreme Court through Advocate Prashant Bhushan, seeking an independent inquiry by a Commission appointed under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, into the Central Government's "gross mismanagement" of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Filed by retired bureaucrats KP Fabian, MG Devasahayam, Meena Gupta, Somasundar Burra, Amit Bhaduri, and Madhu Bhaduri, the plea conveys that …

After turning their backs during lockdown, cities now want migrant workers back
4 years, 5 months ago

After turning their backs during lockdown, cities now want migrant workers back

The Hindu  

Until the novel coronavirus outbreak and the consequent lockdown imposed by the government to curb its spread, migrant workers lived hidden from the public gaze in the Garden City of India. Can’t we just go back to our own home?” On May 6, the Karnataka government decided to cancel all the Shramik special trains that it had scheduled to take …

'These Migrant Workers Are More The Victims, Certainly Not The Criminals', Gujarat HC Grants Bail To 33 Migrant Workers [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

'These Migrant Workers Are More The Victims, Certainly Not The Criminals', Gujarat HC Grants Bail To 33 Migrant Workers [Read Order]

Live Law  

While granting bail to 33 applicants on Tuesday, the Gujarat High Court termed them as the "victims" and "not criminals", and said that they need to be set free immediately. Justice Paresh Upadhyay was hearing an application filed by Ravi & 32 others who were booked for offences punishable under Sections 143, 144, 147, 148, 149, 186, 332,333, 336, 337, …

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