Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has been a saviour for many migrant workers and now his social media timeline is flooded with requests from people stuck in various corners of the country urging him to send them home amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
A migrant worker in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur stole a bicycle to reach his home town Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, which is 250 kilometers, along with his disabled son. Interestingly, the worker left behind an apology note for the cycle owner.
Almost two months into the coronavirus-induced lockdown, non-migrant workers in Delhi have seen their average weekly incomes drop by at least 57 per cent, according to a combined study done by a US and a Canadian universities.
A group of migrant workers was seen walking on foot in Madhya Pradesh amid coronavirus pandemic.
Here's another tale of herculean endeavour by yet another migrant -- this time it is middle-aged Govind Mandal who carried his wife and son on his rickshaw from Delhi to Deoghar paddling for nearly 1,350 km for a fortnight, proving the adage "where there is will there is way".
A 21-year-old migrant worker collapsed and died, apparently of sunstroke at Bhadrachalam on Tuesday after walking 300 km from here with three friends to try and reach Odisha in view of the lockdown, officials said.
The Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) does not possess the state-wise or district-wise data on the number of migrant workers under distress due to the three phases of lockdowns in the country, an RTI activist said on Wednesday.
A migrant worker died in Shahjahanpur while cycling from his workplace in Delhi to home in Bihar amid the ongoing lockdown, police said on Saturday.
The novel coronavirus have continued to spread in the crowded dormitories for migrant workers in Singapore, accounting for a majority of the 596 new cases detected on Sunday.
Workers Arun and Daivam said, "CM's suggestion to provide food and other facilities to all migrant workers by the employers, is not implemented in many places. We did not receive the services of community kitchen. We don't even have the money to buy food or water."
London: As many as 279 migrant workers from India, one of the largest migrant worker sending countries, died in 2014 in Qatar - the host of 2022 Fifa World Cup, Amnesty International said in its
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