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Sit Where We Stand: The segregated back rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces
The absence of dignified break rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces is a visible residue of caste-exclusionary practices that have become normalised. Women who work here—whether in universities or elsewhere—are often left with no option but to rest on bathroom floors.
States plan employment schemes for urban marginalized and migrants
The Odisha, UP and Bihar governments have started labour-intensive schemes to help the improverished
Telangana gov’t bans school fee hike till next year, defers rent collection for three months
Other states like Delhi and Maharashtra are also following suit
Hope and a cycle: Migrant worker cycles 1,700 kms to reach home amid lockdown
Mahesh Jena, originally from Odisha was working in Maharashtra’s Sangli district in a foundry
West Bengal and Maharashtra governments start plan for movement of intra-state labourers
Even the Centre has set measures for migrants who want to return to their places of work in the state
Stop the open industrial and mining activities in tribal areas: NGO to Odisha CM
Concerns raised by Lokshakti Abhiyan in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
Did MCGM guidelines about resumption of construction activity ignore female workers and their children?
Guidelines also appear to be anti-poor as they offer freedom of movement to supervisors but expect labourers to stay at the site
Several states announce monetary aid for workers stranded outside state
Jharkhand will provide a DBT of Rs. 2,000 while Meghalaya will provide Rs. 3,000 in relief
Stop targeting, discriminating against and attacking vendors and hawkers: National Hawker Federation
An attack on vendors is not only a violation of their dignity and basic rights, but also an unconscionable act on the part of our citizenry
AP police stop and counsel migrants walking home
The labourers were unhappy with the extension of the lockdown and complained that they hadn’t received any food or money from the state government
Jharkhand Nagrik Prayas narrates the tale of a migrant worker stranded in Mumbai
Cramped in shelters, with no money and meagre food, migrants have become collateral damage amid the coronavirus outbreak
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