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 imposed, workers started appearing on highways, bags slung on their backs, a bundle on their heads and children cradled in one arm. Desperate migrant workers jostled with each other to get back home, often spending nights on the road so that they didn’t lose their place in the queue and eating only a small packet of biscuits. The first such flight took workers from Mumbai to Ranchi in the last week of May; after that, similar flights were funded by student groups, actors, activists and NGOs, though the overall numbers remained small.

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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 …

Three migrant workers walk from Bengaluru to Odisha, after denied the wage
1 year, 8 months ago

Three migrant workers walk from Bengaluru to Odisha, after denied the wage

Hindustan Times  

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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  

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Migrants rush to Mumbai railway stations to catch trains amid talks of complete lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrants rush to Mumbai railway stations to catch trains amid talks of complete lockdown

India TV News  

Amid talk of a complete lockdown in Maharashtra to arrest the COVID-19 surge, the passenger rush on outstation trains in Mumbai has increased since the last weekend, Railway sources said on Monday. The sources said though the rush on outstation trains has gone up since the state government announced fresh COVID-19 curbs earlier this month, the weekend saw a steady …

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 …

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 …

‘Soaring higher’: Passenger footfalls at Indian airports in single day rises to 2,88,401 as flights resume services
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Soaring higher’: Passenger footfalls at Indian airports in single day rises to 2,88,401 as flights resume services

Hindustan Times  

The total number of passengers flying in a single day has increased to 1,44,112, said Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri here on Saturday. Passenger footfalls at Indian airports in single day rises to 2,88,401 as flights resume Puri said the total number of passenger footfalls at all the airports across the country was 2,88,401 in a single day. …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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. …

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