25 lakh migrant workers have returned to state: UP CM Yogi Adityanath
4 years, 7 months ago

25 lakh migrant workers have returned to state: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Op India  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went live on Facebook on May 25 to enlist the measures taken by the state government to control the scourge of the coronavirus pathogen in the state. During the webinar, Yogi informed that until now, at least 25 lakh migrant workers had returned to Uttar Pradesh from other states, reports News 18. The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has been working relentlessly to provide employment and various other facilities to the migrant workers who have returned to the state amidst the nationwide lockdown imposed by the central government to curb the scourge of the deadly Chinese virus. Yogi Adityanath government completes skill mapping to ensure employment to all migrant workers The UP state government has reportedly completed the task of skill mapping of 14.75 lakh migrant workers who have returned to the state during the lockdown.

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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, …

Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 9 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 …

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 …

Rs 42 Lakh Loss as Some Shramik Specials Ran Empty: Maha Govt to HC
4 years, 5 months ago

Rs 42 Lakh Loss as Some Shramik Specials Ran Empty: Maha Govt to HC

News 18  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it incurred a loss of around Rs 42 lakh as most of the Shramik Special trains arranged in the last month to ferry stranded migrant workers to their native states amid the COVID-19 pandemic went empty. Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, appearing for the state government, told a division bench …

Empty Shramik Specials trains led to a loss of ₹42 lakh: Maharashtra govt
4 years, 5 months ago

Empty Shramik Specials trains led to a loss of ₹42 lakh: Maharashtra govt

Live Mint  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it incurred a loss of around ₹42 lakh as most of the Shramik Special trains arranged in the last month to ferry stranded migrant workers to their native states amid the COVID-19 pandemic went empty. Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, appearing for the state government, told a division bench of …

Create infrastructure in UP, Bihar to decongest Mumbai: Shiv Sena
4 years, 6 months ago

Create infrastructure in UP, Bihar to decongest Mumbai: Shiv Sena

Live Mint  

The Shiv Sena on Monday hit out at Union minister Nitin Gadkari's remarks on the need to decongest Mumbai, saying if smart cities like Mumbai and Pune are created in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the population density of the country's financial capital will naturally come down. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' claimed that nearly 1.50 lakh migrant labourers, who …

State to screen returning migrants
4 years, 6 months ago

State to screen returning migrants

The Hindu  

The State government will begin a special drive to screen migrant workers returning to Maharashtra, after leaving for their home towns during the extended nationwide lockdown. New initiative Meanwhile, Skill Development Minister Nawab Malik has said the government is making all efforts to provide jobs to unemployed workers and youth, while facilitating availability of labour for the newly opened industry …

SC Asks Maharashtra To Make "More Vigilant & Concerted" Efforts In Identifying Stranded Migrant Workers
4 years, 7 months ago

SC Asks Maharashtra To Make "More Vigilant & Concerted" Efforts In Identifying Stranded Migrant Workers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Maharashtra to be more vigilant and make concerted effort in identifying and sending stranded migrant workers to their native places.The Court also observed that there were "huge lapses" by the Maharashtra authorities in dealing with the issue and that "most of the claims are only on paper causing great miseries and hardship to the …

No More Demand From Migrant Workers For Shramik Trains; State Govt Informs Bombay HC
4 years, 7 months ago

No More Demand From Migrant Workers For Shramik Trains; State Govt Informs Bombay HC

Live Law  

The State government informed the Bombay High Court on Friday that currently there is no demand from migrant workers for shramik trains to be taken back to their native places. Court had directed the State to file a report regarding those migrant workers whose application for leaving the State through special Shramik trains and buses are pending. However, Advocate General …

Coronavirus lockdown | Deaths in Shramik trains not due to lack of food, water, says government
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Deaths in Shramik trains not due to lack of food, water, says government

The Hindu  

The government on Friday told the Supreme Court that not a single migrant worker died in Shramik trains due to lack of food, water or medication. In turn, a three-judge Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked the government to complete the transportation of migrant workers, whether by rail or road, in the next 15 days. The Centre has been …

Bihar migrants going back to other States for livelihood
4 years, 7 months ago

Bihar migrants going back to other States for livelihood

The Hindu  

Migrants who returned to Bihar from Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra and other places have started to go back to those States for employment. The migrants who returned to their villages in Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Saharsha, Supaul and Purnia districts in north Bihar due to the extended lockdown, carrying tales of pain and anguish, are now returning to the places from where …

Rajasthan: Over 13 lakh migrants returned home on buses, Shramik Special trains
4 years, 7 months ago

Rajasthan: Over 13 lakh migrants returned home on buses, Shramik Special trains

India Today  

More than 13 lakh migrants have returned to Rajasthan through Shramik special trains and buses, while over six lakh have gone to their home states from the desert state, a senior official said. “A total of 13.43 lakh migrants who were stuck in various states have arrived in Rajasthan from different states in buses and Shramik special trains and 6.13 …

Covid-19 lockdown: 256 Shramik trains cancelled by states, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, UP top defaulters
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 lockdown: 256 Shramik trains cancelled by states, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, UP top defaulters

India Today  

As the operation of Shramik Specials move towards culmination, Railways data showed that of the 4,040 trains run till Sunday, 256 were cancelled by state governments, with Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh being the top defaulters. Gujarat, which cancelled the maximum trains after Maharashtra, also ran the maximum 1,026 migrant special trains, ferrying more than 15 lakh migrant workers to …

UP govt to sign MoUs with industry associations to generate 9.5 lakh jobs
4 years, 7 months ago

UP govt to sign MoUs with industry associations to generate 9.5 lakh jobs

Op India  

In am important effort in providing employment to the lakhs of migrant workers who have returned back to Uttar Pradesh after lockdown, the Yogi Adityanath government is all set to sign memorandums of understanding with industry bodies to generate 9.5 lakh jobs. The state govt is going to sign MoUs with Indian Industries Association and National Real Estate Development Council, …

Tussle over Shramik Special trains for migrants continues between Centre and states; NCP accuses Piyush Goyal of playing 'dirty politics'
4 years, 7 months ago

Tussle over Shramik Special trains for migrants continues between Centre and states; NCP accuses Piyush Goyal of playing 'dirty politics'

Firstpost  

A political slugfest over the Shramik Special trains for migrants workers is going on between Union railways minister Piyush Goyal and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government for the last two days, with the state alleging that not enough trains are being provided to it. Maharashtra VS Centre A political slugfest over the Shramik Special trains is going on between Union …

Railways accuses Maharashtra govt of politicising Shramik trains; claims despite trains being ready, passengers were not available
4 years, 7 months ago

Railways accuses Maharashtra govt of politicising Shramik trains; claims despite trains being ready, passengers were not available

Firstpost  

As the feud between the Maharashtra government and railways refuses to die down, the national transporter accused the state on Tuesday of politicising the migrants issue and alleged that despite trains being ready, passengers were not available. New Delhi: As the feud between the Maharashtra government and railways refuses to die down, the national transporter accused the state on Tuesday …

Other states looking to hire migrant workers from UP will have to seek state govt nod: CM Yogi Adityanath
4 years, 7 months ago

Other states looking to hire migrant workers from UP will have to seek state govt nod: CM Yogi Adityanath

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that other states wanting to employ migrant workers from the state will have to seek the approval of the state government first. The announcement by the Uttar Pradesh CM came during a video conferencing with journalists, in the backdrop of the state constituting a migrant’s commission to help the workers get employment …

Opinion | With lakhs of migrants returning, the writing on the wall is clear: the virus is spreading
4 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | With lakhs of migrants returning, the writing on the wall is clear: the virus is spreading

India TV News  

As the total number of coronavirus cases in India crossed the one-lakh threshold on Monday night, there are causes for concern among public health planners. Till now, more than 17 lakh migrants have been sent to their home states and more special trains and buses are in the pipeline. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, …

Uttar Pradesh govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's offer to run 1,000 buses to bring migrant workers back home
4 years, 7 months ago

Uttar Pradesh govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's offer to run 1,000 buses to bring migrant workers back home

Firstpost  

The offer was made by the Congress general secretary in-charge of UP East through a letter which was given to the Chief Minister’s Office by the state unit leaders of the party. Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has accepted Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s proposal to run 1,000 buses to ferry migrant labourers back home to the state and sought …

Uttar Pradesh has approved nearly 800 Shramik Trains, Bengal only 19
4 years, 7 months ago

Uttar Pradesh has approved nearly 800 Shramik Trains, Bengal only 19

Op India  

Scenes of migrant workers travelling to their native places on foot has gravely troubled the nation. Under such circumstances, people in the railway Ministry are upset because states have been blocking requests for Shramik Trains which, in turn, is causing migrants a great deal of distress. Why can’t they ask their state governments to ask for more trains?” Sources within …

With Maharashtra and Gujarat at loggerheads over procedures, 5,000 Gujarati workers languish in Mumbai waiting to go home
4 years, 7 months ago

With Maharashtra and Gujarat at loggerheads over procedures, 5,000 Gujarati workers languish in Mumbai waiting to go home

Firstpost  

The success of transporting migrant workers from one state to another depends on the coordination between two concerned states. Lakshman Patel, a social activist based in Navi Mumbai, said he helped the government of Maharashtra put together a list of Gujarati workers wanting to go home. But based on the availability of coaches, Maharashtra should be able to send the …

Gujarat employers force migrants to pay for train tickets, Chhattisgarh govt orders probe
4 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat employers force migrants to pay for train tickets, Chhattisgarh govt orders probe

India Today  

Seventy-one migrant labourers who returned to Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh from Gandhinagar in Gujarat by a special train early this week have claimed their employers took money from them for the commute, an official said on Sunday. A state government release said a probe was ordered by the collector into the allegations, and a report has been submitted by the latter …

Ensure That No Migrants Walk On Roads/Rails; Counsel Them To Go To Shelter Homes : MHA Tells States
4 years, 7 months ago

Ensure That No Migrants Walk On Roads/Rails; Counsel Them To Go To Shelter Homes : MHA Tells States

Live Law  

The Union Home Secretary, Sh. Ajay Bhalla, wrote to the Chiref Secretaries of all States urging them to ensure migrant workers are not walking on roads and railway tracks after their movement has been facilitated by the Government.Now that 'Shramik' trains and special buses have been deployed by the Centre to cater to the transportation need of migrant workers, the …

Make sure migrants do not walk home: MHA tells states
4 years, 7 months ago

Make sure migrants do not walk home: MHA tells states

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a fresh communication to states, the Union home ministry, on Friday, instructed states to ensure that migrant workers do not have to walk back to their home states. Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to states instructing the establishements to urge migrants to take the Shramik Special trains, which are currently in operation. "In case they are …

First 'Shramik' special train from Ghaziabad leaves for Bihar carrying 1,420 migrant workers
4 years, 7 months ago

First 'Shramik' special train from Ghaziabad leaves for Bihar carrying 1,420 migrant workers

India TV News  

The first 'Shramik' special train from Ghaziabad left for Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Friday with 1,420 stranded migrant workers onboard, officials said. The special train with a total of 22 coaches left around 9 pm from Ghaziabad old railway station. Additional District Magistrate Santosh Kumar Vaish told PTI that all the 1,420 passengers had applied on the state government's Jansunvai portal. …

Lockdown: 642 Shramik Special trains run so far, around 8 lakh migrants ferried home
4 years, 7 months ago

Lockdown: 642 Shramik Special trains run so far, around 8 lakh migrants ferried home

India Today  

The Railways has operated 642 Shramik Special trains since May 1, ferrying home eight lakh migrant workers who were stranded in various parts of the country due to the Covid-19 lockdown, officials said on Wednesday. From Monday, these 'Shramik Special' trains started carrying around 1,700 passengers each, instead of the earlier 1,200, to ferry as many workers home as possible. …

Migrant worker dies on board shramik special train; 34-year-old Gonda resident had embarked on journey home from Pune
4 years, 7 months ago

Migrant worker dies on board shramik special train; 34-year-old Gonda resident had embarked on journey home from Pune

Firstpost  

A 34-year-old migrant worker died on board a Pune-Prayagraj Shramik Special train on Monday and his post-mortem has been conducted, officials said on Tuesday New Delhi: A 34-year-old migrant worker died on board a Pune-Prayagraj Shramik Special train on Monday and his post-mortem has been conducted, officials said on Tuesday. “The migrant worker died on the Pune-Prayagraj special train and …

Migrants and governments: A Covid-19 story of mismatch
4 years, 8 months ago

Migrants and governments: A Covid-19 story of mismatch

India Today  

India always had an internal problem of migrants. That the migrant workers have never been the focus of serious policy making of governments is also evident from the fact that the there is no concrete number of migrants in India. States have looked clearly clueless in having an effective SOP for sending back migrant workers home in the wake of …

Maharashtra government to pay railway fare of migrant workers using CM's Relief Fund
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra government to pay railway fare of migrant workers using CM's Relief Fund

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government on Sunday decided that it will pay for the railway fare of the Shramik Special trains all migrant workers who do not have the ability to pay for their ticket back home. The state government will be transferring the amount required to pay for such tickets to the accounts of district collectors to aid migrant workers who …

366 Shramik Special trains run so far, around 400,000 migrants ferried: Railways
4 years, 8 months ago

366 Shramik Special trains run so far, around 400,000 migrants ferried: Railways

Live Mint  

The Indian Railways on Sunday said that, amid pandemic, a total of 366 “Shramik Special” trains have been taking migrant workers at various states of the country to their native places. These 287 trains have terminated in various states like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. These trains have been …

Migrants resort to desperate means to reach home, Centre asks states to permit more special trains
4 years, 8 months ago

Migrants resort to desperate means to reach home, Centre asks states to permit more special trains

India Today  

The Centre on Sunday appealed to all states to permit the operation of more special trains for stranded workers so that they can reach home in the next three-four days itself, as six more people died during the country-wide exodus of the migrants facing hardships and even risking their lives to travel amid the coronavirus lockdown. Senior railway officials say …

Railways until Thursday ran 201 Shramik train ferrying 2 lakh migrants
4 years, 8 months ago

Railways until Thursday ran 201 Shramik train ferrying 2 lakh migrants

Op India  

In what can be seen as a stupendous service provided amidst the coronavirus outbreak, the India Railways operated around 201 Shramik Special trains till late Thursday and helped nearly 2 lakh stranded migrant workers, tourists and students to return to their home state. Congress creating needless controversy On May 4 Congress leaders took to Twitter to claim that since the …

Kerala cancels Shramik special trains, migrant workers left in the lurch
4 years, 8 months ago

Kerala cancels Shramik special trains, migrant workers left in the lurch

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Hundreds of migrants in Kerala have been left on roads after some of the Shramik special trains were cancelled after some state governments denied them permission. The special trains scheduled from several stations, including Aluva, Ernakulam, Alappuzha and Shoranur, were cancelled and the migrants including women and children who left the labour camps and rented house are now stranded …

Paid for train tickets with final savings, say migrant workers from Bihar
4 years, 8 months ago

Paid for train tickets with final savings, say migrant workers from Bihar

India Today  

Around 1,200 workers set off from Kalyan in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar on Tuesday. These migrant workers who were not being paid any wages ever since the lockdown came into effect, were made to pay Rs 20 for the bus ticket and Rs 700 for the train ticket from Kalyan to Danapur in Bihar. One of the labourers whose …

Over Rs 50 crore spent to ferry nearly 70,000 migrants in last 5 days, say railway officials
4 years, 8 months ago

Over Rs 50 crore spent to ferry nearly 70,000 migrants in last 5 days, say railway officials

India TV News  

Nearly 70,000 stranded migrants have been ferried to various parts of the country in 'Shramik Special' trains since May 1 at the estimated expense of over Rs 50 crore, railway officials said on Tuesday even as the issue of their travel cost remained a matter of political bickering with the Congress and BSP leaders attacking the railways for charging money …

Coronavirus lockdown: Rumours, misinformation prompts hundreds of desperate migrants to throng bus terminals in Ahmedabad, Surat
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: Rumours, misinformation prompts hundreds of desperate migrants to throng bus terminals in Ahmedabad, Surat

Firstpost  

A total of 23 Shramik Special trains carrying around 28,000 migrant workers had left various stations of Gujarat since 2 May to Tuesday morning, a state government release said Ahmedabad: Scores of migrant workers, desperate to travel back to their native states amidst the coronavirus-induced lockdown, on Tuesday came out on streets in Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat, officials said. …

Tejashwi offers fare of 50 trains to Bihar govt. to bring back migrants
4 years, 8 months ago

Tejashwi offers fare of 50 trains to Bihar govt. to bring back migrants

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, on May 4 offered the fare of 50 trains to the Bihar government to bring back stranded migrants. “As per the Union Home Ministry’s directions, the State governments would have to arrange trains to bring back stranded migrants from other States…so we …

Two trains to bring back migrants to West Bengal: CM
4 years, 8 months ago

Two trains to bring back migrants to West Bengal: CM

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal government on Sunday approved two special trains to bring back migrants from Rajasthan and Kerala following criticism from opposition leaders of not treating the issue of migrant workers with urgency. One train will ferry 1,200 pilgrims from Rajasthan and another will bring back migrants from Kerala, officials familiar with the matter said. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted …

A story to tell grandchildren: Train crew after bringing stranded workers home
4 years, 8 months ago

A story to tell grandchildren: Train crew after bringing stranded workers home

India Today  

For loco driver Haridas and guard Rajeev Raikwar, the 02121 Shramik Special wasn’t just another train. The “workers' special” the two rolled into Lucknow Sunday morning was the first such train to Uttar Pradesh, bringing home 800 migrant labourers stranded for weeks in Maharashtra. Haridas who drove the train from Jhansi to Lucknow a part of its journey from Nashik …

Govt shells crores to bring rich back, makes poor Indians pay: Migrants closer to home, yet so far
4 years, 8 months ago

Govt shells crores to bring rich back, makes poor Indians pay: Migrants closer to home, yet so far

India Today  

As soon as the coronavirus pandemic struck, India took no time to rescue its citizens from Covid-19 hotspots around the world, operating special flights to bring back those stranded in foreign countries. After the first 40 days of the lockdown was over, on May Day, the government finally decided to start operating “Shramik Special” trains to move the migrant workers …

As migrants return, states guard against Covid surge
4 years, 8 months ago

As migrants return, states guard against Covid surge

Hindustan Times  

States receiving migrant labourers from across India are gearing up for a massive challenge: a spurt in Covid-19 cases. Odisha, which will test all workers for Covid-19 after a mandatory 14-day quarantine period, has instructed all community centres to remain open around the clock, and has decided to create 4,200 new isolation beds. “Special attention is being paid to workers …

1,000 migrant labourers hit the streets in Maharashtra, demand returning home
4 years, 8 months ago

1,000 migrant labourers hit the streets in Maharashtra, demand returning home

Hindustan Times  

Around 1,000 migrant labourers, mostly from northern parts of India, came on to the streets in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur on Saturday to demand that arrangements be made for their return to the native places, police said. Mi The incident took place around 9.30 am at Ballarpur in the district, an official said. The incident took place around 9.30 am at Ballarpur …

1 lac migrants to be quarantined for 2 weeks, directs CM Yogi Adityanath
4 years, 9 months ago

1 lac migrants to be quarantined for 2 weeks, directs CM Yogi Adityanath

Op India  

On Saturday, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued directions to officials to keep roughly 1,00,000 people who had arrived in the state in the past three days under quarantine for 14 days. Yogi Adityanath said, “No one in the state should remain hungry during the lockdown.” He also ordered the officials to keep the supply chain of essential …

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