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WTC Chandigarh ensures safety and security of its workers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab)[India], Apr 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): The COVID-19 pandemic followed by lockdown in the country has left many migrants labourers with no food and shelter.
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Plea in SC seeking payment of wages to MGNREGA workers amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Social activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey have approached the Supreme Court, seeking directions for the payment of wages to MNREGA workers during the lockdown, issuance of temporary job cards to migrants, who returned to their native villages, and for an inc
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No migrants' issue in Punjab: Amarinder Singh assures Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday assured Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi that the state did not have an issue with the migrant workers in the light of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Centre directs states, union territories to provide for redressal of migra
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Amid movement of migrant workers during the coronavirus pandemic, Preeti Sudan, Secretary at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has written to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union territories asking them to assure redressal of migrant labourers grievan
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COVID-19 lockdown: BJP MLA distributes rice to migrants in Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 1 (ANI): BJP MLA T Raja Singh on Wednesday distributed ration to migrants here during lockdown which has been enforced to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Truckers charged upto Rs 10,000 to illegally transport migrant workers to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Migrants trying to reach their native places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have become the geese that lay golden eggs for truck drivers who are asking for a bomb to carry them to their destinations.
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Migrant workers from Bihar, UP stranded at sealed Nepal border
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar 31 (ANI): Thousands of migrant workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have been stranded at Raxaul-Birgunj border between India and Nepal due to the lockdown that has been imposed in both countries in view of the surging COVID-19 cases.
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Elan Group distributes one month of ration to over 2000 construction worke
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Mar 31 (ANI/ NewsVoir): Amidst the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and migrants workforce leaving Delhi NCR, Elan Group took a step forward to ensure the safety and security of its construction workers. The developer under its philanthropic arm Elan Found
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Youth beaten to death by migrants for informing authority of their return
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Sitamarhi (Bihar) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a man was beaten to death in Sitamarhi's Madhaul village by two people, who had returned from Maharashtra, for informing the Corona help center about the duo's arrival in the area during the coronavirus crisis in the country
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Pune Municipal Corporation sets up shelter homes for migrants
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Pune Municipal Corporation has set up around 25 new shelter homes for the people in view of the coronavirus, city Mayor Murlidhar Mohol said on Monday.
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NIRDPR launches awareness campaign to prevent COVID-19 spread
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) on Monday launched awareness initiatives to help Gram Panchayats across India to monitor migrants returning from the cities due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Community centre turns into relief camp for migrants in
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Gurugram district administration has turned the Sukhrali Community Centre into a relief centre to provide water, food and shelter to the migrants during the ongoing nationwide lockdown imposed to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
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