Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Migrant workers on Sunday blocked Mathura-Agra Highway in Raipura Jat area, demanding that arrangements be made by the government to send them to their homes in different districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], May 17 (ANI): Buses arranged by the Congress party to transport migrant labourers to Uttar Pradesh on Sunday left for Alwar from where they will be taken to their native places.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 17 (ANI): Out of the total 10,385 migrant workers, as many as 560 in Bihar have been tested positive for coronavirus till May 16, informed state health department on Sunday.
Muscat [Oman], May 17 (ANI): A third flight Air India Express IX 554, carrying urgent medical cases, workers, stranded visitors and people having family emergencies, will depart from Oman on Sunday afternoon for Trivandrum, Kerala.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The police on Sunday stopped a group of migrant workers from walking towards their homes in Uttar Pradesh, at the Delhi-UP border near Mayur Vihar Extension.
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Due to the spread of coronavirus, many migrants in Moradabad now do not want to return to their workplaces outside their home town.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 17 (ANI): Scores of migrant labourers gathered outside Chennai Central Railway Station on Sunday after receiving the information that the government is running Shramik Special trains for their home states.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday equated the interaction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with migrant workers on Saturday, with 'dramebaazi', and urged the prime opposition party in the country to behave more responsibly in its statements and
Nagpur/Ludhiana [India], May 17 (ANI): Migrant labourers from Nagpur and Ludhiana have are moving on their own by any means of transport they could find to reach their native home amid COVID-19 lockdown on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Indian Railways has operated more than 160 Shramik Special trains on Saturday for inter-state movement of migrant workers.
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Worried by uncertainty over the availability of trains to enable their return to their native places in Bihar, thousands of migrant workers took to the streets and started walking on the Saharanpur-Ambala highway on Sunday morning.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Dehradun district administration has been using technological surveillance as well as community surveillance through grassroots workers in containment zones.