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Topic: Migrant workers

No food, living under asbestos roof with no work: Why Surat workers are angry, ‘desperate’

Migrants in Surat's Mora village, where they clashed with police Saturday, say they failed to get train tickets despite paying fare. Authorities said not possible to let 6-7 lakh travel at one go.

Why Railways is unlikely to pay compensation for 16 migrants killed in Aurangabad

The nature of the accident does not fall under any of the categories under which Railways pays compensation.  

At least 5 dead in Madhya Pradesh as truck carrying migrant workers overturns

The accident took place near Patha village Saturday night. Nearly 20 migrant workers were going in the truck to Jhansi and Etah in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad.

UP migrants reach Hardoi from Punjab by train, but are then told to find their own way home

The migrants are now stranded on the Lucknow-Hardoi-Shahjahanpur highway as they wait for a truck or car to give them a lift home.

It’s back to work for these migrants who, after walking barefoot, finally made it home to UP

Migrant workers, who managed to reach home after walking from cities, quarantined themselves for 14 days before setting out to find work again.

Train-less tracks to avoid accidents, PM CARES for migrants & Modi’s press conference

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Bihar reviewing labour laws to give industries a push, says state’s labour minister

In an interview to ThePrint, Vijay Kumar Sinha said Bihar is fully geared up to handle the migrant workers who return to the state.

It’s Nitish vs Kejriwal again as Bihar minister trashes AAP ‘white lies’ on migrant rail fare

Bihar minister Sanjay Jha accuses AAP of cheap politics amid pandemic, says Delhi has sent a reimbursement bill of Rs 6.3 lakh for rail fare of migrant workers.

Migrant workers clash with police in Surat, over 100 detained

Protesting migrant workers demanded that they either be sent back to their home states or allowed to resume work at local industrial units to earn money.

‘Can’t allow jungle raj’ — RSS wing says UP, MP labour law changes bigger pandemic than Covid

RSS labour wing, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, is planning to hold protest against the changes introduced in labour laws by BJP-ruled MP and UP governments.

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