Although the Maharashtra government has granted permission to re-open businesses and industries with 33% workforce, factories are closed without skilled workers and labourers.
Businesses in…
Thousands of stranded migrant labourers burst out of Bandra Railway Station in Mumbai after they failed to board a Bihar-bound ‘Shramik Special train’.
Only 1,200…
The deaths in road accidents of migrant labourers numbering lakhs returning to their villages from the country’s metropolises show no signs of stopping.
Within a…
Migrant labourers compelled to go back to their homes due to the lockdown are becoming victims of accidents repeatedly.
Now, 24 labourers have died in…
The exodus and suffering of migrants continue, with the Centre and state governments failing to stop the flow and give much-needed aid. Thousands are walking…
16 migrant labourers were killed in three separate road accidents in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh while returning home amid the lockdown.
The first accident…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday evening unveiled the first tranche of Rs 20 lakh crore economic package announced by the PM Narendra Modi…
The nationwide lockdown has razed to the ground the aspirations of lakhs of labourers who had left their sparse villages to reach gleaming metropolises in…
Migrant labourers have had to bear the brunt of the deterioration of mutual coordination between the Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (UP) governments.
A Shramik Special…
It has been more than 50 days since the lockdown was imposed but the exodus of lakhs of labourers from the country’s metropolises continues regardless.…