Migrant Workers

Bhubaneswar:  Over 300 Odia migrant workers, who were ferried from Surat to Odisha in seven buses, were stopped at Badoli check post in Gujarat on Saturday. The migrant workers sought the Odisha government’s intervention into the matter…
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Thiruvananthapuram: About 40 migrant labourers on Thursday took out a protest march to the Chattiparembu market carrying placards demanding that they be sent to their homes. The police had a tough time in stopping the protest march and…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has planned to double man-days under MGNREGS from 5 lakh to 10 lakh per day by next week, expecting that a large number of migrant labourers would return to the state after the lockdown restrictions are…
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Balasore: At least six migrant workers, who were heading to their native places in Jharkhand by foot, have been stopped by the police here in Odisha on Tuesday and sent the quarantine centre. Sources said, all these people hail from…
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Koraput: Hundreds of labourers from Odisha  have been left stranded in Kerala, over 1500 kilometres away from their homeland, following the nationwide lockdown clamped to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. The migrant workers…
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New Delhi: Google on Monday said it has started showing the locations of food shelters and night shelters in cities across India on its services like Maps, to help people especially migrant workers find relief centers with ease. The tech…
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Jajpur: The driver of a private ambulance has been arrested in Odisha’s Jajpur district for trying to ferry 16 migrant workers to West Bengal amid the ongoing lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. The accused driver has been identified as…
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Jalaun (UP): A pregnant woman and her husband, working as daily wagers at a construction site in Noida for five years, have walked over 200 km to reach their village Aunta in Rath area of Jalaun district. Anju Devi, 25, eight months…
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered quarantine for approximately one lakh people who have arrived in the state from other parts of the country in the last three days. According to a statement issued by the state government,…
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Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): A 24-year-old labourer Mukesh Sikarwar, was killed and five others travelling were wounded when the auto-rickshaw carrying them to MP's Morena district overturned on Saturday here, police said. Most occupants of…
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