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For some migrants, it's miles to go before they sleep in their homes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 14 (ANI): As uncertainty looms over his work due to coronavirus-lockdown and no signs of hope in the near future, a daily wage labourer in Delhi packed his belongings about a fortnight ago and started walking towards his home in Bihar's Katihar.
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Stranded migrants gather outside Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai for the
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): Over 1,000 stranded migrant labourers gathered at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla in Mumbai seeking to board trains for their home States, on Thursday.
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Govt announces incentives for migrant workers in second tranche of stimulu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the 'One Nation One Ration Card', free food grain supply to migrants and creation of affordable rental housing complexes (ARHC) in urban areas for migrant workers and poor in the second tranche o
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Five sustain minor injuries in bus accident in HP
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Five passengers suffered minor injuries after a bus carrying 18 migrants from New Delhi to Kargil met with an accident near Damtal.
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Migrant workers from Bihar share miseries caused due to lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Against all odds, migrant workers have embarked upon a long journey on foot to their native places in Bihar notwithstanding special passenger trains being run to ferry stranded migrants back to their homes.
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HC directs Uttarakhand govt to provide all possible facilities to returnin
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], May 14 (ANI): Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to provide all facilities to return migrants and also provide free transport to those wanting to leave for their home states amid the Covid crisis.
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Home quarantine for migrants from other states arriving in Rajasthan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 14 (ANI): Rajasthan government on Wednesday issued an order stating that migrants entering into the state from other states will be screened on arrival and those found displaying symptoms of coronavirus will be kept in COVID care centres until they recover.
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Migrants stage demonstration in Ludhiana seeking to return to their home s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): Migrant workers staged a demonstration outside the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Wednesday, demanding to be sent back to their home states.
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Siddaramaiah calls Centre's relief measures 'disastrous'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday called the measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as 'disastrous' and said it is 'non-existent' in terms of benefits to poor migrants, labourers, contrac
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Punjab govt helps 1.10 lakh migrants to reach their home states amid lockd
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 13 (ANI): The Punjab government on Wednesday informed that it has spent more than Rs 6 crore to fund the movement of migrants and helped 1.10 lakh stranded migrants in the state to reach their native states.
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Migrants arrive at Secunderabad Railway Station
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 13 (ANI): Several migrants arrived at Secunderabad Railway Station on Wednesday morning. They were stamped home quarantine by officials and allowed to go to their respective destinations.
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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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