Labour

The Indian railways, will continue ‘shramik special trains’ to transport migrant workers, and a separate set of air conditioned special trains to transport regular passengers but have cancelled all other tickets booked  till June 30th. 

From Kashmir to Punjab and Gujarat, reports of workers not being paid their dues are emerging

The state government has reached agreement with 11 states and asked them to port ration cards so that migrants stuck in the state can get ration

A joint platform of central trade unions, federations and associations have roundly criticised the total exemption to employers from all labour laws in UP and MP and serious dilution of obligations under labour laws in some states.

​​​​​​​Even as horror stories, photos and videos, of disillusioned migrants taking to the highways and clambering on hired trucks and lorries to escape the big city’ were being circulated, between 9 and 11 May, 1,169 buses of the Maharashtra State Transport (ST)ferried 21,714 migrants, of which, 11,866 were ferried by 530 buses on Monday alone

Probe ordered into hospital keeping dead bodies kept next to patients, even as blood banks are facing a shortage of supply. Also two BDD chawls have been ordered to be sealed for the next week

Say Central govt alone responsible for tragedy that was completely avoidable

The migrants were exhausted after walking on their way home and slept on the railway line

CITU calls it “barbarous” and said this will enable factory and business owners “to impose conditions of slavery on the working people”

Maharashtra government increases work shifts for labourers from 8 hours to 12 hours per day