New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Chief Economist of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) SP Sharma on Friday said that for migrant workers, the Centre must focus on direct transfer of benefits of social welfare schemes in the wake of the national lockdown.
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): Labourers and migrant workers struggling to earn their daily bread in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida are desperately waiting for the construction works to resume as per the Centre's revised guidelines.
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Radha Soami Satsang Beas facility in Saharanpur has become a shelter house for hundreds of stranded migrant workers, who left for their homes during nationwide lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Delhi Police has registered a case against a driver carrying seven migrant workers back to their native place in Vaishali, Bihar amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday night.
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], April 17 (ANI): With no transport options available, thousands of migrant labourers across the country have resorted to commuting on foot or cycling towards their native places during the lockdown.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Congress is reaching out to migrant labourers and poor families who don't have ration cards to provide ration amid lockdown that has adversely affected their livelihood.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers and daily wage labourers stranded away from their homes and families in cities like Delhi amid lockdown are spending their time sleeping in parks and lining up for food at relief camps and government schools.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The Indian women's hockey team will launch an 18-day fun fitness challenge starting today to raise funds towards helping the poor and migrant families whose lives have been affected due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 17 (ANI): Police here stopped a lorry carrying 80 migrant workers back to their native place in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) [India], April 17 (ANI): A group of girls in a village in Hoshiarpur are contributing to the fight against COVID-19 by making masks for local residents, migrant workers and those supplying essential commodities.
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Crime Branch and ATS teams of Goa Police department are reaching out to the stranded migrant labourers in different parts of the state and providing them with free ration, the police said.
Surajpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Surajpur district administration celebrated the birthday of a child named Vikas, who is living in a relief camp for stranded people and migrant labourers being run by the Chhattisgarh government.