At least 11 people were severely injured after a landslide occurred at Chamoli's Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project on Saturday, stated officials.
On the eleventh day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday stood in solidarity with MPs of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, joining their protest outside Parliament at Makar Dwar.
Earlier in the day, INDIA bloc MPs protested against the SIR and also the alleged "arrest of labourers in BJP-ruled states" while being outside Parliament at Makar Dwar.
Sonia Gandhi joined the protest, holding the large banner 'SIR-attack on Democracy,' and stood beside her daughter and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi. Other leaders like Pramod Tiwari, Manickam Tagore, also joined in.
"This House expresses deep concern over the ongoing demolition drives in various parts of Delhi-including Jailorwala Bagh, Govindpuri, and Jamia Nagar, especially the demolition of homes in Madrasi Camp (Govindpuri), where hundreds of Tamil-speaking Indian citizens, daily wage labourers,
"The labourers working outside the state, who cannot show up for verification, would be ousted from the roll. Therefore, the Election Commission should make arrangements to include such individuals. There are no intruders in my constituency," Kumar told ANI.
Speaking to ANI, Kishor said the state government had failed to address the plight of more than 50 lakh children in Bihar who are working as labourers, and warned that if necessary, his party would take to the streets to wake up the government.
Two labourers lost their lives and another was seriously injured in a landslide which occurred early Wednesday morning in the Badora, which falls under the Mahore sub-division of Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir police said on Wednesday.
"While working to install pipes for the sewer line, two labourers from Kotma - Mukesh and Mahipal - were suddenly trapped due to a mudslide. One of them was visible while the other was not. The locals helped a lot. Unfortunately, we were unable to save them despite making a great deal of ef
The incident occurred in Ward No. 1 of Koni locality, under the jurisdiction of the Sohagpur police station. A rescue operation is currently underway, he added.
"On July 13 in the evening, we received information that a house in the Kotwali Police Station area was being renovated. The roof of the under-construction house collapsed. Two labourers identified as Shyamjeet and Gyanendra died in the incident, and one injured labourer, identified as Ti
Child labour remains strongly correlated with poverty, with 33.7 per cent of the poorest households reporting at least one child in labour. Furthermore, 20.1 per cent of working children reported symptoms of depression, nearly double the rate of children not involved in labour, noted the sur