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Citizens and experts rally to save Mumbai’s BEST buses from privatisation pitfalls
AMAB advocates for restoring public funding, ending exploitative contracts, and expanding bus services to meet the city’s growing needs
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Fishing for trouble, or troubling the fishworkers?
A Draft National Fisheries Policy has been made public even as the fishworkers continue to struggle in the pandemic
Bihar: Migrants scrounge for food and jobs; BJP announces schemes to woo them for elections
An estimated 32 lakh migrants who have returned to the state during the lockdown are still to get jobs
Migrant Diaries: The story of Zia ul Sheikh
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“I am scared to return to Mumbai because you never know what will happen next,” a goldsmith from West Bengal hopes he can find work in his home state
Trade unions launch nationwide protest Centre’s anti-worker policies
Protests were held across the country and supported by the working class of India
Migrant Diaries: The story of Atiur Rehman
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“Not a penny in my pocket for three months, not a grain in my belly for three days before CJP helped me,” recalls a migrant worker from West Bengal
Migrant Diaries: The story of Makar Behara
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“I didn’t go back home because I was scared of getting Covid-19 in the village quarantine centre,” says a skilled mason from Odisha who chose to stay on in Mumbai
Migrant Diaries: The story of Sagar Ali
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“The health facilities are terrible in Birbhum. At least in Mumbai, if I fall ill, I can go to the nearby government hospital,” says a labourer who feels his young family is safer in the city
ASHA Workers on Covid-19 duty demand safety gear, healthcare, insurance and better wages
At present they are conducting door-to-door surveys, monitoring quarantines, recording health conditions, etc. without protective gear, unless they buy one on their own
Migrant Diaries: The story of Mohammed Jamaluddin
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“We took a bus, then rode in a truck, then walked, then boarded another truck, and were heckled by officials at each checkpost,” a mason recalls his hellish journey from Mumbai to Birbhum
Migrants are victims, not criminals: Guj HC
The court granted bail to 33 migrant workers hailing from Jharkhand and West Bengal
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