Coronavirus | Lockdown triggers belated march of migrants from hills in Arunachal
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Lockdown triggers belated march of migrants from hills in Arunachal

The Hindu  

It took nine hours for Dipu Sonowal and 24 other construction workers to trek 23 km from a remote rural road project site to a checkpoint between Boleng, the headquarters of Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh and Pangin town, on Saturday afternoon. The police took them uphill to a relief camp in Boleng where they found 66 other migrant workers, some of whom walked from their project sites 56 km away. Siang Deputy Commissioner Rajeev Takuk said most of the projects, including the 3MW Subbung hydro-electric project, are at an average altitude of 500 m, although the district has places at 2,000 m. He agreed that walking 30-50 km across steep hills was similar to making 150 km on foot in the plains. Rajesh Mibang, a local labour union leader said they were coordinating with contractors for ensuring the migrant workers, including 118 staying outside the relief camp, have adequate food.

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Eight of 19 missing Assam labourers rescued in Arunachal Pradesh
2 years, 5 months ago

Eight of 19 missing Assam labourers rescued in Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

Eight of the 19 Assam construction workers, missing since July 5 from near the China border, have been rescued from a jungle in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh. District officials said all of them, found in a critical condition, are on intravenous medical treatment, and their health condition is being constantly monitored by a team of doctors. Kurung Kumey …

Migrant labour camps in Kozhikode under the scanner
2 years, 8 months ago

Migrant labour camps in Kozhikode under the scanner

The Hindu  

Migrant labour camps in Kozhikode are under the scanner again in the wake of local administrators reporting unhygienic conditions prevailing at some of the camps. The intensified vigil is also part of the efforts to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in migrant labour camps and prevent the chances of any food infection. Heads of local bodies have asked ward …

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 …

Tamil Nadu: 16 migrant workers jump quarantine to return home
3 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 16 migrant workers jump quarantine to return home

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: Two days before their quarantine period ended, 16 Covid positive migrant workers left Tirupur district to go to their native place in Jharkhand, police and health officials said. HT Image The 16 infected patients left with a group of 36 other migrant workers and boarded a train on Monday night fearing a lockdown amid the Covid second wave. As …

Migrant worker cases drive Thai coronavirus total past 5,000
4 years ago

Migrant worker cases drive Thai coronavirus total past 5,000

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thailan ’s total number of …

Contrasting tales
4 years, 6 months ago

Contrasting tales

The Hindu  

All through the lockdown Bihar and Jharkhand occupied centre stage in the collective consciousness of the nation, not because of a surge in COVID-19 infections but because of the numbers of migrant labourers on the road struggling to get back home from far-off places in the country, with some of them losing their lives on the road, on railways tracks …

Coronavirus lockdown | 26 lakh migrant workers in halfway houses, says official data
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | 26 lakh migrant workers in halfway houses, says official data

The Hindu  

The Chief Labour Commissioner’s office has counted over 26 lakh migrant workers stranded across the country, of which 10% are in relief camps or shelter homes, while 43% are in situ at workplaces and 46% are in other clusters. On April 8, even as the first wave of workers was leaving the cities due to the lockdown, CLC Rajan Verma …

India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise
4 years, 7 months ago

India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — More states opened up and crowds of commuters trickled onto the roads in many of India’s cities on Monday as a three-phase plan to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown began despite an upward trend in new infections. In Prayagraj, a city in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, hundreds of Hindu devotees took a dip in the sacred …

Coronavirus lockdown | Too many aspirants for MGNREGS jobs
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Too many aspirants for MGNREGS jobs

The Hindu  

As the COVID-19 induced reverse migration has brought many families to their native places in the northern districts of Karnataka, the onus is now on creating more person days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme. We have clocked 90,000 person days per day till May 26,” said zilla panchayat chief executive officer K.V. Navalgund Taluk Panchayat executive …

Documenting the story of India’s migrant distress | Analysis
4 years, 7 months ago

Documenting the story of India’s migrant distress | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

Ever since the lockdown began, stories of migrant workers have haunted the country. Many workers escaped the serfdom of villages and flocked to cities only to be forced to restart work in villages now Earlier in the lockdown, one of us noticed two children who lived on the construction site next door. Why did the migrant workers make the punishing …

Submit Report On Scheme To Reduce Migration Of Natives Of UP To Other States: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt. In Plea On Migrants Issue [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Submit Report On Scheme To Reduce Migration Of Natives Of UP To Other States: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt. In Plea On Migrants Issue [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government inquiring as to the steps being taken to ensure that its natives are not forced to seek employment in other states. Though the high court refused to indulge in this aspect as the Supreme Court is already seized of this matter in suo moto proceedings, it has …

Opinion | With Coronavirus spreading in UP, Bihar, Centre now faces a Catch-22 situation on return of migrants
4 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | With Coronavirus spreading in UP, Bihar, Centre now faces a Catch-22 situation on return of migrants

India TV News  

The COVID-19 pandemic surge continues with 5,864 new cases reported on Thursday bringing the total to 1,16,744 cases across India. According to the Bihar health department, so far 999 migrants have tested positive since May 5, which is more than half of the total number of cases in Bihar. In my prime time show 'Aaj Ki Baat' on Thursday night, …

Guest workers more prone to virus due to malnutrition and low immunity
4 years, 7 months ago

Guest workers more prone to virus due to malnutrition and low immunity

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Positivity rate for Covid-19 in guest workers is more than 20 per cent in India due to lack of immunity and malnutrition, which is an ever present problem among the underprivileged sections of society. While distancing is one of the major factors for controlling the infection, it’s something impossible for guest workers to observe it in cities when the …

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Rajasthan reports highest single-day spike in cases as 242 more test positive; case count climbs to 5,202, toll touches 131
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Rajasthan reports highest single-day spike in cases as 242 more test positive; case count climbs to 5,202, toll touches 131

Firstpost  

11:52 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates Uttar Pradesh Police stops migrants at state border Hundreds of migrants were stopped on Sunday by police in border districts of Uttar Pradesh from travelling to their native places by unauthorised vehicles and on foot during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, leading to protests in some areas, reports PTI.Chief Minister …

Coronavirus lockdown | Congress indulging in theatrics over migrant workers, says Nirmala Sitharaman
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Congress indulging in theatrics over migrant workers, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

Lashing out at the Congress’s criticism of the government over the plight of migrant workers, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday accused the party of indulging in “dramebaazi” or theatrics in sitting with workers on the roads rather than directing the State governments to work with the Centre to send more migrants home by train. On Saturday, Congress leader …

Coronavirus package | Will migrant workers benefit from the Centre’s measures?
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus package | Will migrant workers benefit from the Centre’s measures?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In her second tranche of COVID-19 relief package announcements, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the steps taken by the government for migrants and farmers during the national lockdown, including free ration for stranded workers. Acknowledging the significance of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme during the pandemic, she said it had helped provide jobs …

Coronavirus lockdown | Madras High Court directs Centre to disclose number of migrant labourers who died on the way to their home States
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Madras High Court directs Centre to disclose number of migrant labourers who died on the way to their home States

The Hindu  

“One cannot control his/her tears after seeing the pathetic condition of migrant labourers shown in the media for the past one month. It is nothing but a human tragedy,” the Madras High Court has said and called for a report from the Centre on the number of migrant labourers who had died on their way to their home States during …

Coronavirus lockdown | 25 migrant workers die in Uttar Pradesh road accident
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | 25 migrant workers die in Uttar Pradesh road accident

The Hindu  

Twenty-five migrant workers were killed and several injured when a trailer truck they were travelling in rammed into a supply lorry near Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday, said police. The supply truck, which was going from Delhi to Madhya Pradesh, had stopped near a dhaba on the side of the highway near Chiruhali, when the trailer, which allegedly …

Coronavirus | Govt. insensitive to sufferings of migrant workers: Opposition
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Govt. insensitive to sufferings of migrant workers: Opposition

The Hindu  

The Opposition parties on Thursday panned the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for migrant workers calling out the government for being insensitive towards the sufferings of those who are trudging back hundreds of kilometres to return to their homes. Citing Ms. Sitharaman’s announcement that migrant workers will be provided with jobs under the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment …

Coronavirus lockdown | Migrant exodus chokes Maharashtra-M.P. border
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Migrant exodus chokes Maharashtra-M.P. border

The Hindu  

Having walked and hitchhiked from Navi Mumbai for almost a week, Sonu Kumar, 18, was both elated to sit at last when he boarded a Maharashtra government bus. Dropped back 2 km from the border, as an array of trucks, buses, motorcycles, scooters, cars, autorickshaws, bicycles and trailers — all carrying migrant workers — clogged the Mumbai-Agra Highway, he trudged …

Coronavirus lockdown: 5 killed, 11 injured after truck carrying labourers overturns
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: 5 killed, 11 injured after truck carrying labourers overturns

Op India  

In another unfortunate incident, 5 people have lost their lives while 11 have been injured after a truck laden with mangoes carrying labourers from Telangana’s Hyderabad to Uttar Pradesh overturned near Patha village in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh. One of them has cough, cold & fever since 3 days so we've conducted samplings of all of them, including the dead: …

Coronavirus lockdown | Weary migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Weary migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes

The Hindu  

As the sun soared over the highway in Indore district, Madan Kumar Saroj had to make a tough choice. Coronavirus lockdown | Three migrant workers on way to Uttar Pradesh die on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border Spotting a patch of shade under a neem tree beside the Mumbai-Indore highway, the family’s 28 members who were all riding on a clutch of …

Coronavirus lockdown | Three migrant workers on way to Uttar Pradesh die on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Three migrant workers on way to Uttar Pradesh die on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border

The Hindu  

Three migrant workers who were on their way to Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra, mostly walking, died in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, officials said. The trio were among thousands of migrant workers who have set out on foot for their home states from Maharashtra in the last few weeks amid lockdown on account for coronavirus. Their health deteriorated …

Coronavirus lockdown | How can inter-State workers be protected?
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | How can inter-State workers be protected?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On Friday, May 8, 16 migrant labourers who were trying to return to Madhya Pradesh, their home State, on foot were killed when a goods train ran over them between Jalna and Aurangabad districts in Maharashtra. Coronavirus lockdown | Weary migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes What are the beneficial provisions for inter-State …

Coronavirus lockdown | With no work or food, workers brave the long march home from Uttar Pradesh
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | With no work or food, workers brave the long march home from Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

Mungeli is more than 700 km away from the Uttar Pradesh capital. A construction worker staying in a slum colony in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar area, Lalaram has been out of work since the lockdown began in late March. Since no bus or train services are operational to Chhattisgarh, the family is attempting the journey on foot, like several other migrant …

Coronavirus | Congress launches helpline for Uttar Pradesh migrant workers
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Congress launches helpline for Uttar Pradesh migrant workers

The Hindu  

The Congress on Thursday launched a helpline to help the stranded migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh even as the political slugfest continued over charging train fares from the migrant workers who are being ferried by Shramik Specials. In a series of tweets, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is party in charge of U.P., said the government needed to …

India records over 3,000 new coronavirus cases in single day; Vande Bharat begins while migrants' flock to native homes
4 years, 8 months ago

India records over 3,000 new coronavirus cases in single day; Vande Bharat begins while migrants' flock to native homes

India Today  

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in India climbed to 52,952 on Thursday with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reporting a total of 35,902 active cases in addition to 15,266 recoveries and 1,783 casualties owing to the infection. Maharashtra, Delhi, MP, Rajasthan, Bengal witness massive spike Maharashtra reported 1,216 new cases of the novel coronavirus taking its …

Coronavirus lockdown | Centre urges unions to convince labour to stay, return to work
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Centre urges unions to convince labour to stay, return to work

The Hindu  

Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Wednesday urged trade union leaders to convince workers to return to work, even as he skirted the concerns raised by them about the non-payment of wages during the ongoing lockdown, union officials said. Addressing a meeting via videoconferencing with representatives of central trade unions to discuss labour welfare measures during the ongoing …

Coronavirus Lockdown: With several migrants testing positive after returning to home states, containment efforts get more complicated
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Lockdown: With several migrants testing positive after returning to home states, containment efforts get more complicated

Firstpost  

The Centre as well as state governments seem to be caught in a Catch-22 situation on the issue of allowing migrant labourers to return home. Now, with migrants being allowed to return to their native states, there is a new fear of the coronavirus infection spreading in areas that have been relatively unscathed till now. However, with lakhs of migrant …

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. …

Coronavirus lockdown | Bihar to reimburse fare of returning migrants
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Bihar to reimburse fare of returning migrants

The Hindu  

Hours after Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced on Monday that her party would pay the train fare for migrants heading home on special trains and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejaswhi Yadav offered to foot the bill for the first 50 trains to Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said while migrant workers will be reimbursed the entire expenses they incurred on …

Nearly 4,800 Indians are COVID-19 positive but with mild conditions in Singapore: Envoy
4 years, 8 months ago

Nearly 4,800 Indians are COVID-19 positive but with mild conditions in Singapore: Envoy

The Hindu  

Nearly 4,800 Indian nationals, most of whom are living in dormitories for foreign workers, have been tested positive with the novel coronavirus in Singapore till the end of April, the Indian High Commissioner here said on Monday. “Almost all of the infection among Indian workers is mild and their conditions are improving,” Jawed Ashraf, Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, told …

Coronavirus | Migrant labourers take to the streets across Chennai
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Migrant labourers take to the streets across Chennai

The Hindu  

Over 400 migrant labourers from Bihar and Jharkhand staying in Velacherry and Guindy protested on roads and demanded authorities to permit them to journey back to their homes. On Saturday, around 150 labourers staying in rental houses at Nehru Nagar, Velachery, located behind Phoenix Mall, trooped towards Velachery Main Road. We are also unable to return home.” Another group, numbering …

Coronavirus lockdown | India’s first 'Shramik Special' train carrying 1, 200 migrants reaches Ranchi
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | India’s first 'Shramik Special' train carrying 1, 200 migrants reaches Ranchi

The Hindu  

A ‘ Shramik Special’ train carrying 1200 migrant labourers of Jharkhand reached Ranchi on Friday. The train – first one to be run in the country following enforcement of lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread – started its journey from Lingampalli Railway Station in Telangana and travelled non-stop to arrive at Hatia Railway Station near Ranchi. The Hemant Soren Government heaved …

Check posts set up to screen in-bound migrant workers in Tamil Nadu district
4 years, 8 months ago

Check posts set up to screen in-bound migrant workers in Tamil Nadu district

India TV News  

With the Centre giving nod for movement of migrant workers and others stranded during lockdown, as many as 14 checkposts have been set up in this northern district in Tamil Nadu to screen people who might return home from neighbouring states, officials said on Friday. A large number of people, mostly construction workers, from the district go to neighbouring Andhra …

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Madhya Pradesh begins bringing back migrant workers stranded in neigbouring states; over 2,400 workers have left from Gujarat, says CM
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Madhya Pradesh begins bringing back migrant workers stranded in neigbouring states; over 2,400 workers have left from Gujarat, says CM

Firstpost  

10:41 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus in Ladakh Latest Updates Two new COVID-19 cases in Ladakh Two persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Ladakh on Saturday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the Union Territory to 20, reports PTI. A new case was reported from Bogdang village in Nubra area of Leh district, and the other from …

Coronavirus | Uttar Pradesh to bring back migrant workers in phases
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Uttar Pradesh to bring back migrant workers in phases

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh will bring back labourers and workers who are stranded in other States and have completed 14 days of quarantine in a phased manner. government estimates that around 5 to 10 lakh migrant workers could return to the State in the next two months, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told district-level officials in a meeting on Friday evening. Additional Chief …

Coronavirus lockdown | In Rajasthan, migrant workers repair and paint government school that sheltered them
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | In Rajasthan, migrant workers repair and paint government school that sheltered them

The Hindu  

It was a labour of love in the midst of the lockdown. Migrant workers from multiple States quarantined in a government school at Palsana in Rajasthan’s Sikar district decided to give something back to the community that was taking care of them. Full coverage | Lockdown displaces lakhs of migrants Though none had COVID-19 symptoms, the panchayat asked them to …

Coronavirus | Ensure workers download Aarogya app, construction firms told
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Ensure workers download Aarogya app, construction firms told

The Hindu  

Central government organisations involved in construction, including various metro rail corproations, were instructed by the Central Public Works Department to ensure that “all labour personnel/staff” returning to work from Monday have downloaded the government’s COVID-19 tracking app — Aarogya Setu. Pre-conditions According to minutes of the meeting circulated on April 19, one of the “action points” that organisations were asked …

Coronavirus lockdown | Close to 6 lakh labourers from State stranded, says Jharkhand govt
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Close to 6 lakh labourers from State stranded, says Jharkhand govt

The Hindu  

The Jharkhand government on Friday said close to six lakh migrant labourers were reported stranded at over 12,000 locations across the country. So far, the government has mobilised food and lodging for 4,47,261 labourers stranded at 10,153 places,” according to Jharkhand’s Department of Labour, Planning and Training. Information about stranded labourers was said to have been gathered with the the …

Coronavirus lockdown | Stranded in various States, Odisha migrants call home for help
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Stranded in various States, Odisha migrants call home for help

The Hindu  

Packed into a 150 sq. Back in Talapada village in Odisha’s Balasore district, his worried wife Saraswati has borrowed money twice from close relatives and transferred it to her husband’s account for his survival. In remote Murgani village in Odisha’s Balangir district, Swarnalata Luhar’s phone keeps ringing at regular intervals. The extension of the lockdown to May 3 has left …

Coronavirus | Workers face heat, hunger as lockdown is extended
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Workers face heat, hunger as lockdown is extended

The Hindu  

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the countrywide lockdown by another 19 days, there is only one question resonating among the 300-odd construction workers living in sheds in the shadow of under-construction luxury apartments near the Noida Expressway: why couldn’t the government arrange transport for them to return to their homes? The least they could have done …

Coronavirus lockdown | Flight of migrant labour a deep concern for post lockdown revival: Nitin Gadkari
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Flight of migrant labour a deep concern for post lockdown revival: Nitin Gadkari

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Micro, Medium and Smallscale Enterprises Nitin Gadkari said the flight of migrant labour from cities was a serious issue in any post lockdown plan for economic revival but added that it would be up to the State governments to evolve guidelines to allow their return. Speaking to The Hindu in a videoconference from his Nagpur residence, Mr. …

Coronavirus lockdown | Choked supply lines to be cleared
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Choked supply lines to be cleared

The Hindu  

Stoppered supply lines with trucks waiting on highways, the ongoing harvest season and procurement of food grains in various parts of the country are some of the issues that will inform the kind of lockdown the country will continue to have post April 14. COVID-19 | Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India Government sources said that smoothening the …

Coronavirus | Centre files report on migrant workers
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Centre files report on migrant workers

The Hindu  

A status report filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Supreme Court on Tuesday shows that Kerala government operates over 65% of the total number of active shelters and relief camps for stranded migrant workers run by various States governments in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Tamil Nadu government operates 178 active relief camps and shelters for migrant …

India coronavirus lockdown | Migrant workers and their long march to uncertainty
4 years, 9 months ago

India coronavirus lockdown | Migrant workers and their long march to uncertainty

The Hindu  

“In my 20 years in Mumbai, I have never seen such a sight,” said Gopal Das as he recounted his ordeal on March 21 at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. Shahrukh Malik, a driver of Ola and Uber cabs, said: “Had we known this was going to last this long, we would have gone home much earlier and returned after two-three …

No migrant worker-related issue in Punjab: CM Amarinder Singh
4 years, 9 months ago

No migrant worker-related issue in Punjab: CM Amarinder Singh

The Hindu  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh assured Congress president Sonia Gandhi on April 2 that the State did not have a migrant worker-related issue in light of the coronavirus lockdown as he had directed the industry to absorb all such labourers stranded in the State. State Helpline numbers | Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India Mr. Singh said extensive …

Coronavirus | Concern in Nepal over migrant labourers stranded in India
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Concern in Nepal over migrant labourers stranded in India

The Hindu  

The government of Nepal is taking stock of the exodus of its migrant workers from India as civil society commentators intensified criticism of Kathmandu’s decision to close the border for its citizens in India. Sources in the government of Nepal said Kathmandu is closely watching the arrival of the workers from different parts of India at major border crossings, but …

Coronavirus update: Bengal men self-quarantine on tree to keep others safe
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus update: Bengal men self-quarantine on tree to keep others safe

Hindustan Times  

With no separate rooms in their homes, seven men in West Bengal’s Purulia district spent days on a tree after they were advised to stay in isolation over fears they could be infected with coronavirus when they returned from Chennai to their village on March 24. They stayed on a machan, wood and bamboo platform, that was already set up …

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