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Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre for charging train fare from migrant labourers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Central government for charging migrant workers for rail travel during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Congress to pay for rail tickets of every needy migrant worker amid lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that her party will bear the cost for rail travel of every needy migrant worker and labourer to their respective home towns during the lockdown.
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Jharkhand govt sends 15 buses to Chhattisgarh's Raipur to bring back stran
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 4 (ANI): Jharkhand government sent around 15 buses from 6 districts to Raipur on Sunday to bring back the migrant labourers stuck here amid COVID-19 lockdown.
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71,000 labourers have registered so far to go back to their native places,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 4 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday informed that 71,000 labourers have registered themselves so far to go back to their native places in other states.
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Movement of persons not for visiting native places in normal course: MHA t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday issued a clarification on the movement of persons who want to reach their destinations after the government allowed movement of people, labourers, students etc stranded at different places.
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With migrant labourers heading home and mandis closed in Ludhiana, vegetab
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): The farmers of Punjab are facing problems as the migrant labourers have headed home and vegetable markets remain closed amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Stay wherever you are, relaxation only for migrant labourers: Andhra Prade
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has appealed to the people to stay wherever they are and not to rush to the borders of the state as the relaxation is only for migrant labourers as per the Centre's guidelines.
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Free bus facility for stranded workers within Karnataka for three days, sa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 3 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that his government has allowed labourers to travel to their hometowns in the state on KSRTC buses free of charge for three days starting on Sunday.
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BJP govt charging money from poor, labourers for returning to their homes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday hit out at the Centre, stating that the reports of the BJP government charging money from the poor and migrant labourers for returning to their homes through train is "very shameful".
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Special Trains are being run for stranded people due to lockdown on reques
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Ministry of Railways on Saturday 'clarified' that few special trains which are being run for migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places, are being operated on request of state governments only.
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Two more trains depart with migrants from Kerala to Odisha, Bihar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 3 (ANI): Two more trains departed from Ernakulam district carrying migrant labourers from Kerala on Saturday. As many as 1111 migrant labourers departed to Khurda road railway station at Odisha from Aluva railway station at Ernakulam while 1140 migrant labourers w
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Migrant labourers in Chennai demand 2 months' salary before being sent hom
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): With the Ministry of Home Affairs allowing migrant workers to reach home via trains, it has brought cheer to several people. However, some labourers in Chennai wish to go home but only after receiving two months payment from their contractor.
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