Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], May 7 (ANI): Kerala Police resorted to mild lathi-charge in Koothattukulam area of Ernakulam District on Thursday to disperse migrant labourers who were holding a demonstration demanding that they be sent back to their native places.
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], May 6 (ANI): Even as the nationwide lockdown is in force to contain COVID-19, scores of migrant workers were seen in long queues outside private medical clinics on Wednesday in Dombivli city of Thane, to get medical certificates in order to obtain transit passes
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 5 (ANI): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday said the state government doesn't favour migrant workers' return to their native places as Punjab is their homeland now.
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], May 5 (ANI): Migrant labourers in Payyoli town of Kozhikode district held a protest demanding to be sent back to their native states as coronavirus-induced lockdown continues.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 4 (ANI): Scores of migrant workers stranded here amid COVID19 lockdown gathered in Hyderabad on Sunday allegedly demanding the state government to send them back to their native places.
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 4 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday informed that 71,000 labourers have registered themselves so far to go back to their native places in other states.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday issued a clarification on the movement of persons who want to reach their destinations after the government allowed movement of people, labourers, students etc stranded at different places.
Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI): Claiming that they are facing difficulties during the ongoing lockdown in Madhya Pradesh, a group of 17 migrant workers from West Bengal have started travelling back to their native places on bicycles.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], April 25 (ANI): In a big relief to the migrant workers in Surat, Gujarat, the state government has allowed those who have their own vehicles to leave for their hometowns amid the nationwide lockdown enforced to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, according to BJP
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that if the Central government is anticipating a rise in transmission of COVID-19 cases then it must arrange special trains for sending back the migrant workers, stuck in Maharashtra, to their native places.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 19 (ANI): A group of techies has come forward and joined hands with Hyderabad East Police for providing essentials to migrant labourers, who were intercepted by the police while they were on their way to respective native places in trucks amid nationwide
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.