Sonipat (Haryana) [India], May 18 (ANI): Many migrant labourers including women, children and senior citizens working in various factories gathered at Karnal Highway in Kundali, seeking to return home.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 18 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Ramlila Ground on Monday for registering themselves for the three Shramik special trains, which will leave for different parts of Uttar Pradesh later in the day.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 18 (ANI): A clash between police and migrant labourers took place in Ahmedabad on Monday after the latter pelted stones at Police and vandalised their two vehicles allegedly over their demand to go back to their home states.
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Migrant labourers have continued to walk towards their home amid COVID-19 lockdown, two groups of workers on Monday continued their journey to Cooch Behar from Kolkata and Purulia in West Bengal.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her comments on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi meeting migrant workers in the national capital.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 18 (ANI): South Western Railway (SWR) on Sunday operated 12 more Shramik Special trains for migrant labourers and others stranded in Karnataka amid the lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): It's not only the migrant labourers who are bearing the brunt of COVID lockdown but Bollywood dancers in Delhi are also left at wits' end as social gatherings and shows are not permitted, sans which, they are unable to perform and earn their livelihood.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 17 (ANI): Slamming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Lanka Dinakar on Sunday said that he does not understand the practical concept behind the assistance to the poor.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday said that if the Centre wants they can send migrant labourers back to their homes in two days but the process is just being delayed.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that 1,000 buses are being operated by the state government every day for ferrying migrant workers.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Western Railway has successfully run 500 Shramik Special trains across the country till May 16, resulting in around seven lakh passengers reaching their home states.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 17 (ANI): On the instructions of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the Chhattisgarh government has ensured free arrangement of food, health tests and transportation of migrant labourers of all states who are passing via Chhattisgarh.