'Covid paap': PM Modi blasts Congress for pushing migrants into chaos during pandemic
2 years, 11 months ago

'Covid paap': PM Modi blasts Congress for pushing migrants into chaos during pandemic

India TV News  

Highlights PM accused Congress of triggering a migrant crisis during the initial days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the opposition and accused the Congress party of causing a widespread coronavirus in the first wave of the pandemic. The PM accused Congress of triggering a migrant crisis during the initial days of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that despite guidelines by the WHO stating that people should stay where they are, Congress was standing at the Mumbai railway station and scaring innocent folk.

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A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight
2 years ago

A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight

The Hindu  

This year, International Migrants Day must be seen in the backdrop of unprecedented volatility that began in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on migration According to the International Organization of Migration ’s World Migration Report 2022, there were 281 million international migrants globally in 2020, with nearly two-thirds being labour migrants. In the winter session of …

PM Modi accuses Opposition of ‘instigating’ migrants
2 years, 11 months ago

PM Modi accuses Opposition of ‘instigating’ migrants

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday squarely blamed the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for the mass exodus of migrant workers from the cities during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, which caused human tragedies and led to questions over a hurriedly called federal lockdown. At that time, Congress workers stood at Mumbai stations and distributed …

Doesn't suit PM to indulge in politics over people's suffering: Kerjiwal hits back at Modi
2 years, 11 months ago

Doesn't suit PM to indulge in politics over people's suffering: Kerjiwal hits back at Modi

India Today  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday termed as "false" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement in Parliament about the city government asking the people to leave the national capital during the coronavirus pandemic. Replying to the debate in Lok Sabha on Motion of Thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the Parliament, Modi accused the Delhi government of using …

PM’s Blistering Attack on Congress, Says Party Politicised Covid, Pushed Migrants Into Chaos
2 years, 11 months ago

PM’s Blistering Attack on Congress, Says Party Politicised Covid, Pushed Migrants Into Chaos

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress, saying the party misused the Covid pandemic and pushed migrant workers into chaos and misery. The Congress was standing at Mumbai station and scaring innocent people,” said Modi, adding that “Congress played ugly politics over Covid pandemic and crossed all limits”. Modi also slammed the Congress for questioning …

Congress, AAP incited migrant workers to flout COVID-19 lockdown norms: PM Modi
2 years, 11 months ago

Congress, AAP incited migrant workers to flout COVID-19 lockdown norms: PM Modi

Op India  

PM Modi on Monday slammed Congress, AAP and other opposition parties for instigating migrant workers from UP, Bihar to flout lockdown norms and head back to their native places amidst a raging coronavirus outbreak. “At a time when countries around the world, the WHO, and the scientists were asking people to stay put, Congress in Maharashtra provided free tickets to …

Déjà vu March 2020: Migrant Workers Rush Home after Delhi Goes Under Curfew
3 years, 8 months ago

Déjà vu March 2020: Migrant Workers Rush Home after Delhi Goes Under Curfew

News 18  

It was a grim deja vu of last year’s mass exodus of migrant workers from big cities to their homes in rural India soon after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long curfew in Delhi to control the spread of coronavirus. Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Anand Vihar ISBT here to catch a bus home, even though Kejirwal …

'Will have no option but to die': Migrants in Delhi fear another lockdown amid surge in Covid-19 cases
3 years, 8 months ago

'Will have no option but to die': Migrants in Delhi fear another lockdown amid surge in Covid-19 cases

India Today  

As India reported a rise in Covid-19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are yet again staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing fresh set of restrictions. Though Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ruled out the possibility of a lockdown stating that new restrictions will be implemented soon, many migrants in the city are living under the …

PMO alert as migrant workers start to return home from Mumbai, metro cities amid Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 9 months ago

PMO alert as migrant workers start to return home from Mumbai, metro cities amid Covid-19 restrictions

India TV News  

With a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in India, preventing another reverse migration of workers, particularly from key industrial areas, seems to be the topmost priority of the Prime Minister's Office. Top sources in the government said the local administration in industrial pockets of Mumbai and other metros have been asked to approach factory management, labour unions and concerned groups …

Coronavirus | Rahul Gandhi says governments trying to manage perceptions about the pandemic
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Rahul Gandhi says governments trying to manage perceptions about the pandemic

The Hindu  

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said governments were trying to “manage the perceptions” and give a sense that the COVID-19 pandemic “is not as bad as it is”. In a conversation with four Indian nurses working in New Zealand, Australia, the U.K. and India, Mr. Gandhi asserted that it was important to accept and face the problem to …

Amit Shah admits Centre 'may have fallen short' in dealing with COVID-19 crisis, questions what Opposition parties did
4 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah admits Centre 'may have fallen short' in dealing with COVID-19 crisis, questions what Opposition parties did

Firstpost  

Somebody was interviewing people abroad in English on how to fight the coronavirus, Shah said in an apparent jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and added that the Congress never did anything during disasters that the country has faced over the years except for ‘interviews’. Targeting the Opposition, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the central government might …

The Idea of India: Crimes Against Migrants
4 years, 7 months ago

The Idea of India: Crimes Against Migrants

Huff Post  

SANJAY KANOJIA via Getty Images Migrants labourers walk on a road as they wait for transportation to go back to their hometowns in Allahabad on May 24, 2020. “While the pandemic has left a trail of devastation all over the world, nowhere have people been subjected to the untold misery and humiliation borne by India’s migrant workers.” When an opportunity …

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 | Most CMs want Modi to be cautious on lifting lockdown, says Puducherry CM
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Most CMs want Modi to be cautious on lifting lockdown, says Puducherry CM

The Hindu  

A majority of Chief Ministers during their videoconference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi have favoured a cautious approach to lifting the lockdown, scheduled to end on May 3, Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said on Monday. Addressing an online press conference soon after the videoconference, the Puducherry Chief Minister said that since the revenues of the States had completely dried …

Rahul Gandhi's corona warning
4 years, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi's corona warning

India Today  

In their criticism of what they allege was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late response to the COVID-19 crisis, most Congress leaders cite a tweet that had appeared on Rahul Gandhi’s timeline on February 12--41 days before India was shut down. COVID-19, in fact, had first drawn Rahul’s attention in the first week of January, following the World Health Organization’s announcement …

Covid-19 lockdown necessary but implementation unplanned, says Sonia Gandhi
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 lockdown necessary but implementation unplanned, says Sonia Gandhi

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the 21-day countrywide lockdown was necessary to contain the spread of novel coronavirus outbreak, but the implementation of the measure by the Union government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been unplanned. “The 21-day national lockdown may have been necessary but the unplanned manner in which it has been implemented …

[Breaking] COVID19: SC Directs Centre To Ensure Welfare Of Migrant Workers, Spread Awareness Of Pandemic & Take Action Against Fake News [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

[Breaking] COVID19: SC Directs Centre To Ensure Welfare Of Migrant Workers, Spread Awareness Of Pandemic & Take Action Against Fake News [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court directed the Centre to ensure accessibility of basic necessities & medical facilities for migrant workers in view of the nationwide lockdown.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde & Justice LN Rao also directed that a high level committee of experts must be set up to ensure that the awareness of COVID19 is widespread and factual …

[Breaking] COVID19: SC Directs Centre To Ensure Welfare Of Migrant Workers, Spread Awareness Of Pandemic & Take Action Against Fake News [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

[Breaking] COVID19: SC Directs Centre To Ensure Welfare Of Migrant Workers, Spread Awareness Of Pandemic & Take Action Against Fake News [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court directed the Centre to ensure accessibility of basic necessities & medical facilities for migrant workers in view of the nationwide lockdown.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde & Justice LN Rao also directed that a high level committee of experts must be set up to ensure that the awareness of COVID19 is widespread and factual …

Two migrant workers, travelled from Indore to Rajasthan, found COVID-19 positive; entire village isolated
4 years, 9 months ago

Two migrant workers, travelled from Indore to Rajasthan, found COVID-19 positive; entire village isolated

India TV News  

At least two migrant workers, who travelled from Indore to Rajasthan amid coronavirus lockdown in the country have now been found positive for COVID-19 forcing the state administration to isolate entire village. Thousands of migrant workers have hit to streets and travelling for their home towns on foot as all public-private transport across the state have been shut down to …

Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodus
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodus

Al Jazeera  

Thousands flee New Delhi as the 21-day lockdown effectively puts workers living off daily earnings out of work. A nationwide lockdown in India – the world’s largest – over the coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on thousands of migrant workers in the capital, New Delhi. The workers started fleeing New Delhi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the lockdown, which …

CM appeals to migrant labourers to return
4 years, 9 months ago

CM appeals to migrant labourers to return

The Hindu  

The Delhi government on Friday appealed to migrant workers scrambling to leave the city in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions to return as arrangements related to their sustenance, especially food, were being made. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked the workers, from U.P., Bihar, Jharkhand, and Bengal to return from the Delhi border even as he announced that a panel of …

India coronavirus: Migrant workers face tough choice amid world’s largest lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

India coronavirus: Migrant workers face tough choice amid world’s largest lockdown

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Thousands of migrant workers are attempting to leaveIndia’s major cities after a government lockdown designed to prevent a local epidemic of novel coronavirus left them without jobs or pay. According to government statistics, every year more than nine million migrant workers move from India’s rural areas to large population centers to find work at construction sites …

Workers crowd trains for home as Indian cities close further
4 years, 9 months ago

Workers crowd trains for home as Indian cities close further

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — As cities and factories were closing in virus-control measures, Indian migrant workers crowded a railway station to reach their home villages Sunday, suggesting social distancing could be difficult in the world’s second-most populous country. In recent days, migrant workers hauling backpacks have swarmed overcrowded trains across many Indian cities, an exodus among panic-stricken day laborers that has …

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