The most effective measures to evade the coronavirus are physical distancing and quarantine. However, the quarantine centres of state governments are in bad shape.
The…
Labourers grappling with the financial crunch in corona times are now compelled to commit suicide. Last week, while four people hanged themselves in Gujarat’s Surat…
By Joydeep Gupta, Zobaidur Rahman/thethirdpole.net
The West Bengal government evacuated over 200,000 residents of coastal villages as the extremely severe Cyclone Amphan moved north by northeast…
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…