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Amid Lockdown, Chief Ministers Seek Help For Migrant Labourers
Chief Ministers of three states - Bengal, Bihar and Odisha - which send the maximum number of labourers across the country, have taken the initiative to ensure the safety of the people as the 21-day lockdown to counter the coronavirus started .Their initiative comes amid concerns over the lakhs of families that depend on daily wages, who are bond t...
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Law Scholars At NLU Odisha To Study Bonded Labour
The credit-course intends to help the students in better understanding of the crime in India.
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In Odisha, Men Sold Like Cattle, Packed Onto 'Migration Express'
Nijam Khan was on a recruiting spree. All through the autumn, he drove to villages around the town of Kantabanji in Odisha looking for labour. He zeroed in on poor families, jobless men and desperate couples. He gave them cash to buy food and clothes ahead of the local harvest festival. In return, they gave him their freedom. “There are no jobs h...
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From Bondage to Disability, Nightmare Still Not Over for This 13-Year-Old
For 13-year-old Sushant Kumbhar, a former bonded labourer from Odisha's Bolangir district, even the basic joys of childhood, like playing with other children, is denied. His hand is full of pus and he is in extreme pain. In January, his left hand had been crushed by the owner of the brick kiln in Karnataka where the family had been forced to work.
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273 bonded labourers from Odisha rescued in Tamil Nadu
In a major operation, as many as 273 persons from Odisha employed as bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Tiruvallur district near Tamil Nadu were rescued on Tuesday.
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Amid Lockdown, Chief Ministers Seek Help For Migrant Labourers
Chief Ministers of three states - Bengal, Bihar and Odisha - which send the maximum number of labourers across the country, have taken the initiative to ensure the safety of the people as the 21-day lockdown to counter the coronavirus started .Their initiative comes amid concerns over the lakhs of families that depend on daily wages, who are bond t...
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Law Scholars At NLU Odisha To Study Bonded Labour
The credit-course intends to help the students in better understanding of the crime in India.
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In Odisha, Men Sold Like Cattle, Packed Onto 'Migration Express'
Nijam Khan was on a recruiting spree. All through the autumn, he drove to villages around the town of Kantabanji in Odisha looking for labour. He zeroed in on poor families, jobless men and desperate couples. He gave them cash to buy food and clothes ahead of the local harvest festival. In return, they gave him their freedom. “There are no jobs h...
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From Bondage to Disability, Nightmare Still Not Over for This 13-Year-Old
For 13-year-old Sushant Kumbhar, a former bonded labourer from Odisha's Bolangir district, even the basic joys of childhood, like playing with other children, is denied. His hand is full of pus and he is in extreme pain. In January, his left hand had been crushed by the owner of the brick kiln in Karnataka where the family had been forced to work.
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273 bonded labourers from Odisha rescued in Tamil Nadu
In a major operation, as many as 273 persons from Odisha employed as bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Tiruvallur district near Tamil Nadu were rescued on Tuesday.
