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Chandigarh University distributes food to neighbouring villages during the
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], Mar 30 (ANI /PRNewswire: Amid 21 days lockdown announced in India, the daily wagers working in factories and construction labour are facing the heat as they are facing challenges to earn and find food for themselves and their families.
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Combating COVID-19: Centre restricts people's movement across cities
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): As thousands of migrant labourers continue to cross the borders of states to reach their villages amid the countrywide lockdown, the Central government on Sunday directed the States to ensure no movement of people across cities.
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Purulia villages bar entry to those returning from other States, abroad
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Purulia (West Bengal) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): In many villages of Purulia district, the entrance has been blocked for people who are returning from other States or abroad in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
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Uttarakhand to relax lockdown on March 31
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday announced that the state will relax the COVID-19 lockdown for 13 hours on March 31, for the movement of buses within the state so as to let stranded people move to their hometowns and v
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Truck drivers leave migrant workers midway as they failed to pay money
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): A group of migrant workers here on Saturday alleged that truck drivers are charging them Rs 100 per head for dropping them to their native villages in Madhya Pradesh.
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4 Gujarat workers returning home after lockdown killed in accident
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Palghar (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Four migrant workers from Gujarat were killed after being hit by a tempo in Palghar while they were walking back to their villages about 600 km away following the nationwide lockdown
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Appalling to see migrant workers plight: Shivakumar appeals authorities to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar on Saturday appealed to the authorities to arrange transport for migrant workers, stating that it is appalling to see their plight as they are walking hundreds of kilometres to their
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'Walking for three days and yet miles to go before we can reach home'
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ghaziabad/Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Several daily wage workers and migrant labourers who had once left their homes and moved to the national capital in search of work have been taking the arduous trek back to their villages since the 21 days countrywide lockdown was anno
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PIL in SC seeks food, shelter for migrant workers, their families
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking food, water, shelter, medical aid and 'urgent indulgence to the plight of migrant workers and their families including women, kids, elders and Divyangs, who are walking on foot to their villages, amid COV
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CPI leader writes to PM, seeks transport for migrant workers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): CPI MP Binoy Viswam on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking transport for the migrant labourers who are on their journey to their villages on foot and to ensure the safe return of these workers.
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Hunger, not coronavirus, driving daily wage earners from Delhi to their na
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Despite repeated assurances by the Centre and state government of no shortage of food and essential services in Delhi, many daily wage earners have started fleeing the national capital on foot to return to their native villages in nearby Uttar Pradesh and oth
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People in Andhra's Krishna block way to their village to prevent coronavir
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): People of Jagannatha Puram and Jujjuru have blocked the road between the two villages in Veerulapadu mandal, Krishna district.
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