Coronavirus Migrant Workers

Not Implementing Order: Top Court Slams Maharashtra, Delhi Over Migrants

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday September 1, 2020

The Supreme Court today pulled up the Maharashtra and Delhi governments for not informing it of the condition of migrant workers in the two states amid the coronavirus crisis. The top court had told the two states to file affidavits containing details about what they have done for the welfare of migrant workers, schemes for them and the number of s...

Families Of 5 Migrants Who Died Amid Lockdown To Get Rs 25 Lakh: Top Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 12, 2020

The Supreme Court today directed that an amount of Rs 25 lakh, deposited in the top court registry by an advocate who had offered the money for travel of migrant workers from Mumbai to their native places in Uttar Pradesh amid Covid-19 pandemic, be disbursed to family members of five workers who had died during their journey back to their home.

Big Scheme For Migrants Planned, Centre Listed 116 Districts: Sources

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday June 8, 2020

A comprehensive plan to rehabilitate migrant workers in their home states and restore their income is being prepared by the Central government, sources have told NDTV amid huge opposition criticism over the issue. A detailed list has been made of the 116 districts which have the maximum number of migrant workers and a list of areas and schemes are ...

Supreme Court Allows Lawyer To Deposit Rs 25 Lakh For Migrants' Travel

India News | Reported By A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Thursday June 4, 2020

The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition related to making safe transport arrangements for migrant workers "irrespective of their caste, creed and religion", allowed the lawyer and petitioner in the case to pay Rs. 25 lakh so that individuals from Uttar Pradesh who are stranded here can return home.

2.4 Lakhs Migrants Sent Back From Delhi In 196 Special Trains: Manish Sisodia

Delhi News | ANI | Wednesday May 27, 2020

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that 2,41,000 stranded migrant workers in the national capital have been sent back to their home towns through 196 special trains since May 7.

Migrants Sprayed With Disinfectant In Delhi, Civic Body Says A "Mistake"

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 23, 2020

A group of migrants, waiting outside a school in south Delhi's Lajpat Nagar for coronavirus screening, were sprayed with a disinfectant by the civic agency on Friday. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) later said it was a "mistake" as the worker who was handling the spray could not handle the pressure of the machine and the recoil changed...

Migrant Workers Send Legal Notice To IIM-A After Violence Over Going Home

India News | Reported by Sanket Upadhyay, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday May 21, 2020

Migrant labourers working at a construction site at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad have sent a legal notice to the top B-school's administration for allegedly not paying them for two months amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. IIM-Ahmedabad has denied the charges.

Never Want To See A Big City Again, Says Woman Waiting To Return To UP

India News | Edited by Shatabdi Chowdhury | Monday May 18, 2020

This is the first time she came out of her village, and it will be her last, vowed Raji Devi as she watched, with tears blurring her vision, a bus carrying migrant workers drove away into the distance. The elderly woman, perhaps in her 70s, is among the thousands of migrants across the country waiting in seemingly never-ending queues in their despe...

Congress Wants To Run Buses For UP Migrants, Priyanka Gandhi Seeks Nod

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 16, 2020

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi today sought permission from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to run 1,000 buses for the migrant workers wanting to return home.

Migrant Workers From Bihar Share Plight Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

India News | ANI | Thursday May 14, 2020

Against all odds, migrant workers have embarked upon a long journey on foot to their native places in Bihar notwithstanding special passenger trains being run to ferry stranded migrants back to their homes.

6 Migrants Workers Run Over By UP Government Bus, 2 Injured: Police

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday May 14, 2020

Six migrant workers were run over by an Uttar Pradesh government bus on a highway in the state's Muzaffarnagar district, the police said this morning. Two workers were injured.

36 km Down, 300 To Go: Migrant Worker Seen On Same Highway 5 Days Later

India News | Reported by Sohit Rakesh Mishra, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday May 12, 2020

Hit by a car and bleeding for about 12 hours, Ramdas was spotted by an NDTV team in Maharashtra, around 70 km from Mumbai, on Thursday. Five days later, he was seen again on the same highway, trudging on without any money or food, underscoring the stark crisis of migrant workers trying to return home even within state limits amid the nationwide COV...

Migrant Cycling 1,000 Km Home Takes Meal Break, Run Over By Car In UP

Lucknow News | Written by Alok Pandey, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday May 11, 2020

A migrant worker, trying to cycle over 1,000 kilometres from Delhi to his hometown East Champaran in Bihar, died on Saturday in Lucknow after being hit by a car. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Nearly 100 Migrants Found In Trucks Bound For Bihar

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 10, 2020

Delhi police detected nearly 100 migrants hiding inside two trucks in a desperate bid to reach home in Bihar, and arrested the drivers of the vehicles for illegally transporting them during a nationwide lockdown, officials said on Sunday.

Coronavirus: Centre Preps Exercise To Blunt Criticism Over Migrants

India News | Written by Sanket Upadhyay | Sunday May 10, 2020

The centre will launch an exercise to counter what is seen as not doing enough to help stranded and hungry migrant workers amid the lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, sources have said.