Migrants labourers

Bhubaneswar: The countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of Coronavirus has crippled the livelihood of millions of people across the country. It has brought misery to the working class especially the migrants who were working far…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has facilitated safe and hassle free return of more than 25,000 stranded migrant workers to their home states.  As per the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the State Government has made…

New Delhi: The Centre today issued a revised Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the movement of migrant workers by trains who are stranded at different places due to the lockdown. In a letter, the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the launch of ‘one nation one ration card’ as part of the second tranche of her economic package to benefit migrant labourers. FM also announced that the Centre will…

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has transported more than 10 lakh passengers to their home states in less than 15 days by “Shramik Special” trains. “As on 14th May 2020, a total of 800 “Shramik Special” trains have been operationalized…

New Delhi: About 14 migrant labourers have died and more than 60 injured in separate incidents of accident in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The first incident took place in Guna in Madhya Pradesh where 8 migrants killed when the…

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood who basically dons the role of villain in most of the film, turned real hero in real life.  Sood is among those Bollywood celebrities who are continuously working to help the migrant workers amid…

New Delhi: Indian Railways said that it has run about 200 Shramik Special trains since May 1 and carried back home nearly 2.5 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Forty such trains departed…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government has set up a whopping 12,000 Temporary Medical Camps (TMC) and arranged around 5 lakhs beds for migrant workers in rural areas, Panchayati Raj Secretary D.K. Singh said here on Wednesday. These 12,000…

Bhubaneswar: At least one person was killed and several others were injured, when a bus ferrying Odia migrant labourers meet with an accident in National Highway no 16 near Kuhudi under Khurda district in wee hour on Tuesday. According…