Hyderabad waits with bated breath for May 7 —the day the extended lockdown is supposed to end. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the virus, has brought in its wake economic upheaval and financial predicaments. For one of the most marginalized communities, that already lives on the […]
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Why Migrant Workers Starve In Lockdown As States Sit On Huge Relief Funds Collected?
The extension of India’s national lockdown till May 4 has revived concerns that the country’s migrant workers, many of whom work in the unorganised construction sector, are being pushed to the brink of destitution. A recent survey of more than 3,000 migrant construction workers conducted by Jan Sahas, an NGO, found the lockdown had robbed […]
Exodus Of Migrant Workers During Lockdown Stuck In Hyderabad
The #CoronaVirus lockdown witnesses major setbacks in normal life. A complete shut down, no work, no food, no shelter makes life horrible to migrant workers in Hyderabad. Past weeks, migrant workers have been facing a lot of trouble because of the lockdown. Thousands of them tried to return home to their families in their respective […]