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Migrant labourers, who left Delhi after lockdown, trickle back; most cite
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): With Covid-19 positivity rate in Delhi plummeting to nearly 1.5 per cent, migrant labourers who had left for their home states, during the lockdown in the national capital owing to a sudden spurt in cases, are seen gradually returning.
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SC passes slew of directions on plights of migrant labourers amid COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday passed a slew of directions in connection with the Suo Motu matter involving the miseries and the problems faced by the migrant labourers and workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NCW asks Jharkhand Govt to extend support to Int'l football player workin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Saturday asked the Jharkhand government to extend help and support to an international footballer from the state who is working as a labourer in a brick kiln due to financial constraints.
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4 labourers dead, one injured in Himachal's Kullu after under-construction
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): As many as four labourers died and one other sustained injuries after a part of an under-construction tunnel of NHPC-2 hydropower project collapsed in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Friday, police officials said.
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SC to pass order today on plea seeking to direct Centre, state govt's to e
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will pass the order today itself on the steps to be taken by Centre and state governments to ensure the migrant and stranded labourers get ration, food security and transportation to go back home.
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COVID-19: Plea in SC to direct Centre to ensure ration, transport facility
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking directions to ensure that the migrant and stranded labourers get ration and food security and they are also able to travel back to their homes at nominal cost amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<
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In search of work, labourers gather in Ludhiana 'mandi' amid complete lock
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 25 (ANI): Many daily-wage workers were seen out on the streets of Ludhiana in search of work despite the imposition of a complete lockdown in the city on Sunday amid the rising COVID-19 cases.
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In viral video, policeman from Indore distributes food, money to migrants
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI): A policeman from Indore gave money to the migrant labourers and had arranged for their transport to their hometown a few days ago.
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COVID-19: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urges Centre to provide monetary help to p
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday urged the Central government to provide momentary help to the poor, labourers and street vendors.
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COVID-19: As Delhi goes under lockdown, migrant workers scramble to leave
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): As Delhi went into a six-day lockdown amid the deteriorating COVID-19 situation, hundreds of migrant workers thronged at the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal on Monday evening to board the buses for their native places.
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Centre, Delhi govt 'failed miserably' to deal with migrant labourers' issu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Monday expressed its concerns on the Covid-related issues like oxygen shortage, and reverse migration of migrant labourers and said the both Central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during
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Don't leave Delhi in fear of lockdown, CM Kejriwal urges migrant workers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged migrant workers to not return to their native places in fear of lockdown. He assured that the government take care of them.
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