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 to convince the Metro rail and other construction site workers to stay for a few more days. As the migrants kept trudging towards home, additional police forces were called in and arrangements were made to take back these workers to shelter homes where they will be kept for the next few days.

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Migrants fuel infra boom at great costs
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Migrants fuel infra boom at great costs

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A total of 10,000 infrastructure and private construction projects are underway in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region at present, including the Coastal Road, the Navi Mumbai international airport, the bullet train, seven metro lines, and concretisation of 400 kilometres of road in Mumbai. Tenuous living, working conditions The Maharashtra Building and Other Construction Workers’ Rules, 2007 lay down detailed guidelines …

Migrant workers denied pay, walk, hitch-hike 1,000 km in 7 days to return Odisha
1 year, 9 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, 9 months ago

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

Hindustan Times  

Three migrant workers who were working at Bengaluru walked almost 1000 kilometers distance to their hometown in Odisha, after they were denied their pay share, reported news agency PTI. Three migrant workers walk from Bengaluru to Odisha, after denied the wage According to PTI, the three migrant workers started their journey from Bengaluru around a month ago and reached Odisha’s …

Home and away: On rumours and fake news about migrant workers in TN
1 year, 10 months ago

Home and away: On rumours and fake news about migrant workers in TN

The Hindu  

The rumours and fake news about migrant workers in Tamil Nadu being attacked have seen the quick intervention of the authorities, assuring the workers of their safety. The role that migrant workers play in different fields of economic activity in Tamil Nadu, particularly real estate, is well known. A Tamil Nadu Labour Department survey in 2015 estimated that the State …

Why so many Biharis still work as labourers in Tamil Nadu, Punjab and other states
1 year, 10 months ago

Why so many Biharis still work as labourers in Tamil Nadu, Punjab and other states

India Today  

A few days ago, misleading videos surfaced on social media with claims that migrant workers from Bihar were being attacked in Tamil Nadu, triggering panic and a temporary exodus of part of the workforce. The scale of Bihar’s migrant crisis burst into public view when over 15 lakh workers ran helter-skelter to get home during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. According …

36 Jharkhand Labourers Stranded in Tajikistan: Official
1 year, 10 months ago

36 Jharkhand Labourers Stranded in Tajikistan: Official

News 18  

At least 36 migrant labourers from Jharkhand have been stranded in Tajikistan for the last two months, and the state government is making efforts to ensure their safe return, an official said. The labourers, while interacting with family members through social media, alleged that the company engaging them in laying of power transmission lines has seized their passports, was providing …

Migrant workers stranded in Bihar affect economic activity in TS
2 years, 1 month ago

Migrant workers stranded in Bihar affect economic activity in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Thousands of workers, mostly from Bihar, left the city for Chhath Puja and have not returned, halting economic activity and affecting the construction sector in particular. Although the festival ended on October 31, the migrant workers remained stranded in their state due to a lack of trains to Hyderabad. According to the Bihar Samaj Seva Sangh, it has approached …

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 …

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 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 labourers continue to leave Pune city after new restrictions
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant labourers continue to leave Pune city after new restrictions

Hindustan Times  

PUNE Major chaos was witnessed at the Pune railway station on Wednesday, as migrant labourers rushed to leave the city after the strict restrictions were announced by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday. Manoj Jhawar, railway public relations officer, said, “The railways have made special provisions for migrant labourers, and announced more long-distance trains to Danapur which covers Uttar Pradesh, …

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 …

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown
3 years, 9 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, …

Cities begin to see an exodus of migrant workers
3 years, 9 months ago

Cities begin to see an exodus of migrant workers

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Hundreds of migrant workers are fleeing Indian cities as new restrictions in some states to contain the pandemic have stoked fears that they will be left jobless again. While the reverse migration from cities and industrial centres is still a trickle, companies fear another mass exodus, like the one last year, will trigger a shortage of workers …

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 …

Lack of jobs force migrant labourers to return to cities they left in March
4 years, 4 months ago

Lack of jobs force migrant labourers to return to cities they left in March

The Hindu  

The Anand Vihar bus terminal — where thousands of migrant workers had assembled four months back in a desperate bid to return to their home towns after a nationwide lockdown was announced — is again abuzz with labourers, but this time they are desperate to return to the city. With the lockdown virtually shutting down the economy, labourers said they …

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 …

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 …

Workers from West Bengal depart Pune to more challenges at home
4 years, 7 months ago

Workers from West Bengal depart Pune to more challenges at home

Hindustan Times  

The wait for migrant workers from West Bengal ended on Friday after two Shramik special trains left for Kolkata from the Pune railway station. Manoj Jhawar, Pune railway division spokesperson said, “On Friday, two trains were sent from Pune railway station to West Bengal. Jhulan, a migrant from Bihar said, “After seeing stranded people from West Bengal depart by train, …

Tragedy on foot
4 years, 7 months ago

Tragedy on foot

The Hindu  

A GROUP of 13 migrant workers from Bihar, who had just begun their journey back home on foot from Valsarawakkam in Chennai on May 19, had chalked out a plan. “You need to get medically checked and then you can proceed with the papers,” a constable told them before sending them back to Chennai even as they argued with him …

Agrarian distress, shoddy enforcement of MNREGA in Marathwada and Vidarbha leave migrant workers in Maharashtra little choice but to return to cities
4 years, 7 months ago

Agrarian distress, shoddy enforcement of MNREGA in Marathwada and Vidarbha leave migrant workers in Maharashtra little choice but to return to cities

Firstpost  

With farming increasingly proving to be unprofitable due to various reasons in Maharashtra, migrant workers returning to villages will have to return to urban centres for livelihood as soon as lockdown eases. But I would have to go back once everything gets back to normal.” Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown on 24 March, migrant workers have …

Labour migration delays Metro and highway projects in Pune
4 years, 7 months ago

Labour migration delays Metro and highway projects in Pune

Hindustan Times  

The work on metro and the highway connecting Katraj to Navale bridge, two major development projects in Pune, is hit after many migrant labourers left for their native places because of the Covid-19 spread. Though Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited got the nod from Pune Municipal Corporation to resume work and complete the pre-monsoon operations, the former face at least …

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 …

Opinion | Harrowing tales emerge as exodus of migrant workers continues
4 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | Harrowing tales emerge as exodus of migrant workers continues

India TV News  

With the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a Rs 3 lakh crore lifeline for micro, small and medium industries and relief for income tax payers and employees in organized sector, the first steps towards Atmanirbhar Bharat have begun. But the exodus of lakhs of migrant workers still continues and it has become a worry for state governments. In my prime …

Urban India didn't care about migrant workers till 26 March, only cares now because it's lost their services: P Sainath
4 years, 7 months ago

Urban India didn't care about migrant workers till 26 March, only cares now because it's lost their services: P Sainath

Firstpost  

P Sainath, founder of People’s Archive of Rural India and Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient, has chronicled the migrant condition for several decades. MG Devasahayam, one of our legendary civil servants, had said, “A small infantry brigade being pushed into a major action is given more than four hours notice.” Whether or not we agree with the migrant workers, the rationale …

Mumbai's migrant workers enlist tempos to reach UP, lose last of their money to conniving drivers at Thane checkpost
4 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai's migrant workers enlist tempos to reach UP, lose last of their money to conniving drivers at Thane checkpost

Firstpost  

Maharashtra government has also been running buses for migrant workers up to the state border. Vidyanand’s family decided to drive their own auto rickshaw back home to Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh — 1500 kilometers from where they were stopped at a checkpost in Kharegaon, Thane. To get back home, the migrant workers in Maharashtra are supposed to collect a form …

Opinion | Why thousands of migrant workers are still walking on foot along railway tracks
4 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Why thousands of migrant workers are still walking on foot along railway tracks

India TV News  

In a gruesome tragedy on Thursday morning, 16 migrant workers were crushed to death by a goods train at Karmad near Aurangabad, Maharashtra sending shock waves throughout the nation. India TV reporter noticed migrant workers walking in groups along the rail tracks near Thane on Thursday. So far, Indian Railways have run 222 special trains transporting nearly 2.5 lakh 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 …

Maharashtra: 16 migrant workers mowed down by goods train in Aurangabad, 5 injured
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra: 16 migrant workers mowed down by goods train in Aurangabad, 5 injured

India TV News  

At least 16 migrant workers were killed after coming under a goods train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district on Friday morning. "The injured have been shifted to Aurangabad civil hospital," Chief Public Relations Officer of South Central Railway told ANI. "During early hours today after seeing some labourers on track, loco pilot of goods train tried to stop the train but …

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 …

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 …

Safe return: The Hindu Editorial on migrant worker distress
4 years, 8 months ago

Safe return: The Hindu Editorial on migrant worker distress

The Hindu  

A month after one of the most stringent global lockdowns was imposed in India to tackle the pandemic, the travails of the migrant worker have shown no signs of ending. The government told the Supreme Court in late March that arrangements had been made to provide temporary shelters with food for migrant workers and as of then, none of them …

Maharashtra: On their way to UP, migrant workers get trapped in 1,600-feet deep valley while hiding from cops
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra: On their way to UP, migrant workers get trapped in 1,600-feet deep valley while hiding from cops

India Today  

Police in Maharashtra's Thane district rescued four migrant workers who were trapped in a valley, 1,600 feet deep, in the Kasara Ghat. The four workers had entered the valley to hoodwink police officials and cross the police checkpoint located ahead on the Thane-Nashik district border. The migrant workers thought that the police might send them back or arrest them for …

Karnataka stares at Mumbai-like migrant labour situation
4 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka stares at Mumbai-like migrant labour situation

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: With the extension of National lockdown till May 3, Karnataka, especially Bengaluru, is staring at a migrant situation similar to the one happened in Mumbai. With the extension of the lockdown, majority of the labourers want to return home and are asking the government to make arrangements for their return journey. However, the state government is pleading helplessness and …

Stream of migrant workers leaving Telangana dries up
4 years, 9 months ago

Stream of migrant workers leaving Telangana dries up

The Hindu  

The thick stream of migrant workers leaving Telangana, incredibly on foot, has finally ended and authorities on either side of the inter-State border demarcated by the bridge on river Penganga on NH 44 are left to contend only with transporters trying to cross over. Those manning the borders, especially this one on NH 44 which serves as the gateway of …

For India’s slum dwellers, social distancing will be impossible during Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

For India’s slum dwellers, social distancing will be impossible during Covid-19 lockdown

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — For two days, Jeetender Mahender, a 36-year-old Dalit sanitation worker, has not dared to leave his family’s shanty in the Valmiki slum of northern Mumbai, India, except to go to the toilet. Indian migrant workers wait to board buses to return to their home villages as a nationwide lockdown continues on March 28, 2020, on the …

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 …

Where migrants move in search of livelihood in India
5 years, 5 months ago

Where migrants move in search of livelihood in India

Live Mint  

Census 2011 says 45 million Indians moved outside their district of birth for work opportunities—be it employment or business. In terms of inflows, there are only 57 districts across India where more than 20% of migrants moved for work reasons. In terms of outflows, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar accounted for 47% of all migrants moving for work reasons. As with …

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