Migrant Workers Exodus

Authorities in Gurugram visited slums and urged labourers to go to work without any fear in an attempt to stop the exodus of migrant workers from the city.

Media reports about mass exodus of migrant workers amid the third wave of the pandemic were untrue and states have been asked to be wary of rumour mongering on this issue, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Tens of thousands of migrant workers fled Bangladesh's capital Sunday on the eve of a tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic activity and confine people to their homes as coronavirus infections soar.

Delhi High Court today said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year.

The mass exodus of migrant labourers from Punjab has led to a major challenge for the farm owners - dependency on local labourers in the paddy sowing season and demands of higher wages.

The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back migrant workers stranded in other states amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. They will be brought back in phases after having completed a 14-day quarantine at the places in which they had been staying, the Chief Minister added. The UP government's decision...

When he stopped on a highway in Madhya Pradesh, and used scissors to gnaw through the plaster on his left leg, Bhanwarlal became a national screenshot of the exodus of migrant workers who are walking home to their villages after the abrupt declaration of a total lockdown across India.

India's unity, so crucial in the battle to save India's people from Coronavirus, will be strengthened if the government of India would keep the democratic and federal character of the constitutional framework in mind when taking decisions which affect the whole country.

As disturbing stories emerge of migrants workers - stranded amid nationwide lockdown over COVID-19 - struggling to reach their hometowns, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today wrote a letter to his Delhi counterpart, Arvind Kerjiwal.

The fear and the panic over the coronavirus pandemic is bigger that the virus itself, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said today as the Supreme Court heard a petition seeking relief for thousands of migrant workers who are leaving big cities en masse for their hometowns because they don't have the resources to sustain during the 21-day coronavirus ...

In small groups and large crowds, through inner-city lanes and down interstate highways, hundreds of thousands of India's poorest are slowly making a desperate journey on foot back to their villages in a mass exodus unseen since the days immediately after India's independence in 1947.

The Congress today launched a sharp attack on the government over the situation of migrant workers, saying the Narendra Modi government "forgot" about them. "Shouldn't the government have made preparations? This was not unexpected," the party said, referring to the sudden exodus by thousands of daily wagers whose income came to an abrupt halt with ...

The government on Sunday asked states to ensure the 21-day lockdown, asking them to help curb the exodus of migrant workers from cities, as the overall number of COVID-19 positive people crossed the 1,000-mark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who declared a 21-day lockdown last week, warned against violation of the restrictions, saying those doing so...

The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.

Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today blamed the Congress for the attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in his state and claimed that police and people have managed to foil the opposition party's attempts to create an unrest.

Authorities in Gurugram visited slums and urged labourers to go to work without any fear in an attempt to stop the exodus of migrant workers from the city.

Media reports about mass exodus of migrant workers amid the third wave of the pandemic were untrue and states have been asked to be wary of rumour mongering on this issue, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Tens of thousands of migrant workers fled Bangladesh's capital Sunday on the eve of a tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic activity and confine people to their homes as coronavirus infections soar.

Delhi High Court today said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year.

The mass exodus of migrant labourers from Punjab has led to a major challenge for the farm owners - dependency on local labourers in the paddy sowing season and demands of higher wages.

The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back migrant workers stranded in other states amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. They will be brought back in phases after having completed a 14-day quarantine at the places in which they had been staying, the Chief Minister added. The UP government's decision...

When he stopped on a highway in Madhya Pradesh, and used scissors to gnaw through the plaster on his left leg, Bhanwarlal became a national screenshot of the exodus of migrant workers who are walking home to their villages after the abrupt declaration of a total lockdown across India.

India's unity, so crucial in the battle to save India's people from Coronavirus, will be strengthened if the government of India would keep the democratic and federal character of the constitutional framework in mind when taking decisions which affect the whole country.

As disturbing stories emerge of migrants workers - stranded amid nationwide lockdown over COVID-19 - struggling to reach their hometowns, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today wrote a letter to his Delhi counterpart, Arvind Kerjiwal.

The fear and the panic over the coronavirus pandemic is bigger that the virus itself, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said today as the Supreme Court heard a petition seeking relief for thousands of migrant workers who are leaving big cities en masse for their hometowns because they don't have the resources to sustain during the 21-day coronavirus ...

In small groups and large crowds, through inner-city lanes and down interstate highways, hundreds of thousands of India's poorest are slowly making a desperate journey on foot back to their villages in a mass exodus unseen since the days immediately after India's independence in 1947.

The Congress today launched a sharp attack on the government over the situation of migrant workers, saying the Narendra Modi government "forgot" about them. "Shouldn't the government have made preparations? This was not unexpected," the party said, referring to the sudden exodus by thousands of daily wagers whose income came to an abrupt halt with ...

The government on Sunday asked states to ensure the 21-day lockdown, asking them to help curb the exodus of migrant workers from cities, as the overall number of COVID-19 positive people crossed the 1,000-mark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who declared a 21-day lockdown last week, warned against violation of the restrictions, saying those doing so...

The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.

Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today blamed the Congress for the attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in his state and claimed that police and people have managed to foil the opposition party's attempts to create an unrest.