Tag: Stranded Migrant Workers

Bhubaneswar: Scaling up the process of emergency services for the stranded, Odisha government on Tuesday mentioned that it has extended help to as many as 40,000 Odia migrant workers stranded in different States due to nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Following a high-level meeting here, Principal Secretary in the Home department, Sanjiv Chopra, informed, “The control room […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday allowed godowns (warehouses) and cold storages to store any goods as it exempted them from the COVID19 lockdown while directing states and Union Territories to follow the measures as well as ensuring the movement of employees of manufacturing units of essential goods. Union Home Secretary […]

Kolkata: The Centre-state debate over the issue of bringing back thousands of migrant workers to West Bengal reached a new flashpoint on Saturday with Union Home Minister Amit Shah writing a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee complaining that the Centre was not getting the “expected support” from her state government in bringing back stranded […]

Bhubaneswar: The episode of hunger crisis driving migrant exodus in India has all but exposed a gloomy picture of how COVID-19 is leaving an ineradicable dent in the economic condition of the poorest and the most vulnerable sections of society. Odisha, which has witnessed the worst migration scenario, has been in limelight for the record […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, hearing a matter relating to migrant labourers, today directed the States to provide food and all basic amenities to the travelling migrants. The Apex Court said, “We are concerned with the difficulties of migrants trying to get to their native place. There are several lapses that we have noticed in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday airlifted 180 migrant workers from Andaman and Nicobar Islands as part of its efforts to bring back all stranded Odias from different parts of the country, officials said. A special Air Asia flight carrying the migrants from Port Blair airport landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Special […]

New Delhi: As the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked states to send migrant workers back to their native places within 15 days, the Indian Railways said it could provide the Shramik special trains within 24 hours of the receipt of request from state governments. “Indian Railways is committed to continue providing comfortable and safe movement […]