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Migrants working in Madurai walk to Chennai to get train to Bihar
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 13 (ANI): A group of migrant labourers working in Madurai reached Chennai on Wednesday, after walking for four days in order to get a train to Bihar.
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26 labourers walking down to MP from Punjab given shelter at Delhi's Yamun
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): As the nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown has forced many people to move to their native places on foot, a total of 26 people were brought to the Yamuna Sports Complex here from Kadkadi Mod by the Delhi government on Tuesday.
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Rahul urges PM Modi to transfer Rs 7,500 in accounts of migrant labourers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Minutes before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address the nation on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged him to directly transfer at least Rs 7,500 to the accounts of migrant labourers to support them during COVID-19 crisis.
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Over 1300 migrant labourers board Shramik Special train for Maharashtra fr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Providing relief to migrant workers, a Shramik train carrying 1,342 migrant labourers, who were stranded after the lockdown, left for Maharashtra, from Mangalagiri railway station on Tuesday.
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Over 1000 migrant labourers from Mumbai to return to Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): At least 1,100 migrant labourers belonging to Odisha, who were stranded here amid the lockdown in wake of coronavirus, have boarded buses for the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, from where they will leave for their home state in a Shramik Special
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Chirag Paswan questions Bihar government over migrant workers issue
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan has questioned the way Bihar government is handling the return of migrant labourers. He also urged the government to resolve the various issues being faced by stranded workers.
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Farah Khan lauds 'Dabangg' actor Sonu Sood for arranging bus rides for mig
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Film director Farah Khan on Tuesday lauded 'Happy New Year' actor Sonu Sood for organising and sponsoring bus rides for migrant labourers stranded in Mumbai.
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Shramik special train brings back migrants to Bankura from Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): A Shramik special train brought back migrant labourers to Bankura of West Bengal from Bengaluru's Karnataka on Tuesday.
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Migrant labourers who travelled from Mumbai to native Gonda forced to spen
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): A group of migrant labourers who undertook a long painstaking journey from Mumbai to reach their native village in Gonda in Madhya Pradesh, are now being forced to spend their quarantine period in an open field.
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'MPCC has borne train fare of over 27,000 migrant labourers'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Acting on Congress interim president Soni Gandhi's announcement to send migrant labourers to their native states free of cost, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Monday said that till now 27,865 people have been sent to their home
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Over 450 shramik special trains helped more than 5 lakh migrant labourers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Indian Railways has run over 450 'shramik special trains' and brought over 5 lakh migrant labourers to their respective states, said RD Bajpai, Railways Executive Director.
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SC to hear plea today seeking instruction to Centre to identify, transport
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a petition filed by lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava, seeking instruction to the Union of India to identify and transport each stranded labourer to his or her home in a dignified manner.
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