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'No option but to walk home': Group of labourers set on 300km journey amid
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Out of work and with no money at hand, a group of daily wage labourers set out on foot for a 300 km journey from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad to their native village of Dausa in Rajasthan. The COVID-19 lockdown has left them with no shelter and f
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Night shelters provide food and accommodation to stranded workers amid loc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The night shelters run by the Delhi government have been proving food and accommodation to hundreds of daily wage labourers who have been left stranded in the city following the nationwide lockdown.
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Organisations lend helping hand to migrant workers, labourers amid COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Aligarh/New Delhi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Several organisations have come forward to lend a helping hand to migrant workers who found themselves without shelter and food in the wake of 21-day COVID-19 lockdown in the country.
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Punjab CM announces door-to-door distribution of 10 lakh packets of dry ra
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced an immediate distribution of 10 lakh packets of dry rations to daily wagers and unorganised labourers in the state amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.
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Companies should take care of migrant labourers at their construction site
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), Mar 26 (ANI): Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) KT Rama Rao on Thursday said that he has instructed the construction and infrastructure companies to take care of the migrant labourers who are working at their sites.
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COVID-19: Bihar announces Rs 100 cr relief package; to convert schools int
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar)[India], Mar 26 (ANI): In a bid to help the poor and daily wage labourers who are facing the brunt of the lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Bihar government on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 100 crore and has decided to convert schools into shelter hom
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COVID-19 lockdown : J-K LG releases funds for construction workers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday directed Labour and Employment Department to release Rs 1000 to each of 3.50 lakh workers for the purchase of ration during the 21 days lockdown period.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Mayawati urges state govts to provide daily needs to po
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday appealed to all state governments to provide daily necessities at low prices to the poor, amid the countrywide lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of COVID-19 outbrea
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Labour Minister directs state govts, UTs to transfer funds to 3.5 cr const
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Tuesday issued an advisory for all the state and UT governments asking them to transfer funds to the 3.5 crore construction workers in the country in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
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Himachal BJP backs government's pro-poor policy in face of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): BJP state unit president Dr Rajeev Bindal on Tuesday thanked Chief Minister Jairam Thakur for the steps taken to address the financial needs of 1.5 lakh labourers working in the state amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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SAD asks Punjab CM to give financial aid to farm labourers amid curfew
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 24 (ANI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday asked Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to give a direct cash relief of Rs 2,000 per month to the farm labours amid curfew in the state due to coronavirus fears.
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Coronavirus: Shipping Minister Mandaviya reviews situation of all major po
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Union Minister for State (Independent) for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday reviewed the situation at all major ports regarding cargo handling, payment to casual labours through video conferencing amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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