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 train in the next 3-4 days to Samakhiali in Kutch.” But the Revenue Minister of Maharashtra, Balasaheb Thorat, had tweeted on 8 May that the Gujarat government is “not accepting” its workers. Besides, Orissa, West Bengal and Karnataka are also not allowing their workers to come back.” Sources in Maharashtra government said that they have been following up with Gujarat for the past 10 days. “They delayed the matter citing problems in the workers’ addresses,” said a government source, requesting anonymity.

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Gujarat BJP appoints migrant workers as campaigners to woo UP voters
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat BJP appoints migrant workers as campaigners to woo UP voters

New Indian Express  

North Indian BJP leader and former Surat BJP corporator Yajuvendra Dubey stated, "For this campaign, small centers are set up near companies, factories, markets, or tea shops. Those who perform exceptionally well will be allowed to dine with Gujarat BJP president CR Patil after the election results." Avadesh Mishra, who runs a ‘Pan shop’ in Surat and is one of …

Migrant workers returning from Maharashtra allege extortion by police
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers returning from Maharashtra allege extortion by police

Op India  

Migrant workers returning to their home states from Maharashtra are now complaining of alleged extortion by the Maharashtra Police. The migrant workers are fleeing Maharashtra mostly because of the 15-day lockdown measures imposed by the Uddhav Thackeray government. The Police and transport department at the Border Checking Point overlooked the jeeps,” said Sanaullah Khan, a migrant worker returning from Maharashtra. …

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 …

Migrant workers returning from Maharashtra allege extortion, Indore police extends help
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers returning from Maharashtra allege extortion, Indore police extends help

India TV News  

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. Coming to the rescue of the returning migrants, Indore's Rau Thana police, along with an NGO, is providing refreshments to …

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 …

Migrant Workers Case : SC Pulls Up Delhi & Maharashtra For Not Filing Affidavit Showing Compliance Of Welfare Statutes [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Migrant Workers Case : SC Pulls Up Delhi & Maharashtra For Not Filing Affidavit Showing Compliance Of Welfare Statutes [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the State Governments of Maharashtra and NCT of Delhi for not filing affidavits regarding the implementation of statutes for the welfare of migrant workers in compliance with its July 31 Order. The Court had also taken note of the non-compliance of states and UTs with directions laid down in its June 9 order …

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 …

Migrant workers issue: SC asks states for detailed records
4 years, 5 months ago

Migrant workers issue: SC asks states for detailed records

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the states and Union Territories to file affidavits within three weeks giving details of the "mode and manner" in which records are being maintained about migrant labourers, who have reached their native places due to COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown. The apex court said despite its June 9 order directing the states and UTs …

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 …

Karnataka Govt Not Identifying Migrants For Transport In Letter & Spirit Of SC Directions : HC
4 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka Govt Not Identifying Migrants For Transport In Letter & Spirit Of SC Directions : HC

Live Law  

Observing that the Karnataka Government was not identifying migrants for transport in the true letter and spirit of Supreme Court directions, the Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to evolve a mechanism which will ensure that each and every migrant worker who has registered himself on Seva Sindhu portal is specifically informed about the requirement of. Observing that …

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 …

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India
4 years, 7 months ago

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India

Hindustan Times  

We are living in challenging times brought on by the coronavirus diseases. A country of over 1.3 billion people was locked down, at four hours’ notice, ignoring the needs of the poorest and migrant workers. Workers with an identity document from another state should be allowed to access all government schemes and facilities of the central government or of the …

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 …

Maharashtra Congress arranges trains to facilitate return of 27,685 migrants; 24,000 more to to be sent back home, says Balasaheb Thorat
4 years, 7 months ago

Maharashtra Congress arranges trains to facilitate return of 27,685 migrants; 24,000 more to to be sent back home, says Balasaheb Thorat

Firstpost  

The Maharashtra Congress has borne the travel expenses of nearly 27,865 migrant workers and sent them back to their native places, state party president Balasaheb Thorat claimed Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress has borne the travel expenses of nearly 27,865 migrant workers and sent them back to their native places, state party president Balasaheb Thorat claimed on Tuesday. Congress President Sonia …

Will never come back: Migrants leave Pune, cops try to convince them to stay for construction work
4 years, 7 months ago

Will never come back: Migrants leave Pune, cops try to convince them to stay for construction work

India Today  

A group of 150-200 migrant labourers were found on the Samgam Bridge in Pune on Monday evening trying to walk out of Maharashtra to go home. As police officials caught up with them, additional CP of Pune tried to convince them to stay back saying construction work will begin soon. Additional CP of Pune City Ravindra Shisawe was seen trying …

Denied entry into state by district admin, thousands of hungry, helpless migrants stuck at UP-MP border
4 years, 8 months ago

Denied entry into state by district admin, thousands of hungry, helpless migrants stuck at UP-MP border

India Today  

Thousands of migrant labourers Gujarat and Maharashtra, including pregnant women and children, are stuck at Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba distinct at the UP-MP border. These hungry and helpless migrant labourers are stranded at the border area as the Mahoba district administration is not allowing them to enter further into the state so that they can reach their villages. Thousands of migrant …

160 migrants found traveling to UP in three trucks
4 years, 8 months ago

160 migrants found traveling to UP in three trucks

India TV News  

The Mumbai police on Thursday intercepted three trucks carrying 160 migrant labourers from the city to Utttar Pradesh, an official said. Drivers of the three trucks and another person were boooked for violation of lockdown, said an official of the RAK Marg police station. When the black covers were removed, the police found in all 160 daily wage workers packed …

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. …

Data | Migrant workers' distress continues as nationwide lockdown extended for the second time
4 years, 8 months ago

Data | Migrant workers' distress continues as nationwide lockdown extended for the second time

The Hindu  

As the nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19 has been extended until May 17, stranded migrant workers continue to bear the brunt of it, data show. 26 81.8 87.9 97.4 Delhi Maharashtra Karnataka Overall Haryana 95.7 94.6 92.5 81.6 62.5 92.2 94.3 % of stranded workers Graph appears incomplete? 26 Delhi Maharashtra Karnataka Overall Haryana 75.3 75.8 68.2 …

Kalyan police make list of 7,500 migrant workers to be sent home
4 years, 8 months ago

Kalyan police make list of 7,500 migrant workers to be sent home

Hindustan Times  

Kalyan zone 3 police have prepared a list of around 7,500 migrant workers who were stranded in Kalyan Dombivli due to the lockdown and are willing to travel to their hometown. Meanwhile, around 75 migrant workers from Mahatma Phule police jurisdiction have hired three buses to travel to their hometown in Rajasthan and Gujarat. If the process gets complete, they …

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 …

Maharashtra: 1,000 migrant labourers hit streets, demand return home
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra: 1,000 migrant labourers hit streets, demand return home

India TV News  

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. "More than 1,000 labourers, mostly staying at a construction site in a government medical college, hit the streets and demanded that arrangement be made for …

First special train carrying nearly 1,200 migrant labourers reaches Patna
4 years, 8 months ago

First special train carrying nearly 1,200 migrant labourers reaches Patna

India Today  

The first 'Shramik Express' special train carrying 1,187 stranded migrant labourers from Jaipur reached in Patna on Saturday afternoon. Patna Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Agarwal, Patna DM Kumar Ravi and SSP Upendra Sharma were present at the railway station to oversee the arrangements on the arrival of the migrant workers. Patna Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Agarwal informed all the migrant workers who …

Migrant labourers to be allowed to move within state during lockdown with conditions
4 years, 8 months ago

Migrant labourers to be allowed to move within state during lockdown with conditions

India Today  

The Centre on Sunday issued guidelines for movement of labourers within a state to facilitate partial resumption of select economic activities outside coronavirus hotspots from Monday, but ruled out any inter-state travel. The development came at a time when migrant labourers, stranded in places like Mumbai, Surat and Delhi, are making desperate attempts to go back to their native places …

Coronavirus lockdown: Migrant labourers set out on long journey home; over 300 seen crammed in container trucks in Maharashtra
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: Migrant labourers set out on long journey home; over 300 seen crammed in container trucks in Maharashtra

Firstpost  

Hit by a sudden 21-day lockdown due to coronavirus and no transport, hundreds of migrant labourers are walking from the Delhi-NCR region and Gujarat to reach their homes, about 200 to 300 kilometres away, in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan Jodhpur/Mumbai: Hit by a sudden 21-day lockdown and no transport, hundreds of migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are walking …

Hit by lockdown, stranded on roads: Migrant labourers walk for days to reach home
4 years, 9 months ago

Hit by lockdown, stranded on roads: Migrant labourers walk for days to reach home

India Today  

On Tuesday night, a group of 50 migrant labourers in Ahmedabad embarked upon a 150-km journey to their native village in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district. Follow LIVE updates on coronavirus pandemic "Since buses and other modes of transport are not available, we have decided to walk to reach home," he was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Speaking about the …

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