Page 4 - Indian Migrant Workers

Clueless UP govt's moves have added to people's woes: Akhilesh Yadav

Former UP Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav spoke about the challenges before the state government and measures taken so far

14 migrants killed, 50 injured in two separate bus accidents in MP and UP

Eight migrants were killed in Madhya Pradesh, while six lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh

Bengal migrant workers denied Jan, Feb pays, while contractors go missing

Several migrant workers who are back in West Bengal have not been paid dues for close to two and half months, when they slogged for close to eight hours a day

15 migrant workers run over by train while resting on their way back home

However, it is yet not clear from where this group hailed and where they were going

Covid-19 hinterland digest: Hard lockdowns in Gujarat, workers suffer

Over 100,000 have registered for travel back to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh from Haryana and Punjab

Migrant, who returned home in first special train recounts his journey

Mohammad Ansari, one of the 1,200 workers brought back to Jharkand from Telengana on a special train on May 1, recounts his journey

Railway board in a huddle as Congress offers to pay for travel of migrants

Sonia Gandhi said in a letter to the state units that every Pradesh Congress committee shall bear the cost of rail travel for every needy worker and migrant labourer

Cong to bear rail travel cost of every needy migrant workers: Sonia Gandhi

She also accused the central government and the Railways of completely ignoring the demands made by the Congress for ensuring the safe and free travel of migrant workers

Covid-19: As trains roll in, states scurry to cope with migrant influx

The first train to Bihar carrying 1,187 stranded migrants reached the Danapur railway station on Saturday

In pics: Migrants,students across India return to their native places

Nearly 500 students stranded in Kota in Rajasthan due to the Covid-19 lockdown return to Delhi in 40 buses

Special trains for migrant workers being operated on states' request: Govt

The ministry further stressed that Railways is only accepting passengers brought and facilitated by state governments

Lockdown 3.0 opens livelihood door; travel by air, rail remains prohibited

Two-week extension allows relaxation for several businesses

Migration and the call of home

After weeks of hard-to-control crowds taking to the streets to find a way home, more chaos is likely to ensue as reluctant governments piece together plans to transport them home

Train from Aluva to Bhubaneswar to take first set of 1,200 migrants home

6,000 litres of water, food for Day One of the journey arranged; Most of 360,000 'guest workers' staying in 20,826 camps at present want to head back home

Special train ferries migrants from Hyderabad to Jharkhand in lockdown

Those boarded the train were brought from their workplace at IIT-Hyderabad campus little over 30 kms from Lingampally during the previous night

Stranded people in lockdown can move to home: Centre tells states, UTs

Home ministry issues guidelines on how people should be taken home, medically tested.

CMs to discuss migrants issue, exit strategy with PM Narendra Modi today

Several CMs say they're staring at economic ruin if limited activity is not started

Government to launch online portal for stranded migrant workers

The move will help government to pass on relief benefits to migrant workers and do skill mapping

Shelter home generates livelihood for jobless labourers in Chhattisgarh

Surajpur Collector Deepak Soni said that the administration has provided work to more than 500 poor people at the shelter home

Seeds of trouble

Labour shortage puts record rabi harvest at risk