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Migrant wokers mostly are in urorganized sectors, with no fixed wages with minimal income % in rented/unauthorized place.
Lockdown means they are without work & wages right from Day 1. Yes, unlike our full salary or salary cuts or even sabbatical, they out of money from day 1.
Lockdown means they are without work & wages right from Day 1. Yes, unlike our full salary or salary cuts or even sabbatical, they out of money from day 1.
Central govt. gave no clarity on how they will be managed when announcing lockdown. Almost after a month, few state govts. came forward assuring to take care of migrants. Their solution - you will get 2 meals a day. The queue for the same was more than a kilometer/2 hours wait.
So no money, plus rent, plus struggle for food & finally being alone. Most migrants stay alone. It is only natural for them to think of home & people they call home. They wanted to go back. But there was no option. They had ZERO option.
They cycled: https://twitter.com/debabrata2008/status/1251681750499168256
They cycled: https://twitter.com/debabrata2008/status/1251681750499168256
They walked : https://twitter.com/arvindcTOI/status/1260754401192562689
They walked for hundreds of miles, something we cant even think of. Their pain only became news stories, but help was distant.
As @drdeepak81 has said, these folks will tell very sad stories to the next generation. https://twitter.com/drdeepak81/status/1259807786520567808
They walked for hundreds of miles, something we cant even think of. Their pain only became news stories, but help was distant.
As @drdeepak81 has said, these folks will tell very sad stories to the next generation. https://twitter.com/drdeepak81/status/1259807786520567808
They had valid argument, if students can be shifted from Kota, what crime did we do? Because we are poor? https://twitter.com/parthpunter/status/1259539653084004352
Or as @The_Chhamu has bared his heart out in explaining the of a migrant in this thread: https://twitter.com/The_Chhamu/status/1259227329802493954
Or as @The_Chhamu has bared his heart out in explaining the of a migrant in this thread: https://twitter.com/The_Chhamu/status/1259227329802493954
After almost 50 days, trains started for migrants, but the scenes of depair, pain were same. Because so many of them want to leave that with current capacity it will take a month to carry all of them back home. https://twitter.com/Kajal_Iyer/status/1260256456680640515
As if these were no enough, more humiliation was waiting for them. The way babus treated them, the administration failed them, as if their lives have no value.
https://twitter.com/otvnews/status/1260603495419387904
https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1260743654991261696 https://twitter.com/firstpost/status/1260765563967508480
https://twitter.com/otvnews/status/1260603495419387904
https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1260743654991261696 https://twitter.com/firstpost/status/1260765563967508480
They had to struggle for basic requirements. A man had spent three days inside a toilet. https://twitter.com/debabrata2008/status/1260276361291153409 by @debabrata2008.
This is happening in every state, not just one. In other countries too. This is Centurion, South Africa. https://twitter.com/InWirel/status/1257996827766358017?s=20
This is happening in every state, not just one. In other countries too. This is Centurion, South Africa. https://twitter.com/InWirel/status/1257996827766358017?s=20
Every state is equally responsible for this mess, not just one. The centre is also accountable in not planning this properly. May be because these migrants are not the voter base of political parties. May be we are not bothered unless we are affected.
End of rant :(
End of rant :(
