Migrant workers in Anand Vihar in Delhi

Anticipating prolonged lockdown, migrant workers flee again in repeat of 2020

Anticipating prolonged lockdown, migrant workers flee again in repeat of 2020

April 20, 2021

After barely a year, the haunting images are back from various metropolises across the country. Thousands of migrants, carrying their meagre household goods, rushing to the nearest railway station or bus stand, like the Inter State Bus Terminus at Anand Vihar, in East Delhi,  to...

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The lockdown that never was

The lockdown that never was

March 31, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sudden announcement of a complete lockdown nationwide has led to chaotic scenes all over the country as millions of migrant workers, threatened by starvation due to absence of any work, were forced to leave for their villages, most of them on foot...

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