Migrant Workers Who Stayed Back Caught Between Hunger And Govt Apathy

DeshGujarat/Twitter Relief Road, one of the busiest roads in Ahmedabad has sector specific markets serving the needs of the entire state. CHANDIGARH — For almost three months, since the first phase of India’s lockdown to tackle coronavirus began, 35-year-old Masoom Ansari and eight others were stuck inside a budget hotel situated on Relief road in Ahmedabad where they work. Gurcharan Das, a writer who was earlier CEO of Procter & Gamble India, said that labour laws in India fail to protect workers, and the government should have provided unemployment benefits to urban workers. “The centre and states together should try and ensure a minimum transfer over the next three months of at least Rs 6,000 per month with a major part borne by the central government. It has also announced a Rs 96 crore package under which it said immediate relief of Rs 3,000 would be granted to each of the registered construction workers in the state.