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Helpless, Stranded Migrant Labourers’ Fight is Far From Over

Demonstrations by migrant labourers in different parts of the country show that their patience is running thin. 

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Video Editor: Prashant Chauhan

Patience is wearing thin for several daily wage migrant labourers who are stranded in a different land due to the nationwide lockdown that has extended for over a month. Despite relief trains being announced by the central government to transport them back home, the labourers have been anxious about ticket prices, procuring medical certificates and registration.

Demonstrations, acts of violence and more have been a harrowing reminder of the state of minds of these labourers.

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Surat, Gujarat

Chaos ensued in Surat, Gujarat, on Monday, 4 May, as a huge crowd of migrant workers, desperate to go home, pelted stones at the police in Kadodara area, following which the cops fired tear gas shells.

Tirupur, Tamil Nadu

In Tirupur, stranded labourers from different parts of the country gathered in large numbers near the railway station to chant slogans demanding transport to go back home.

Guna, Madhya Pradesh

A viral image showed a couple having a meal inside a public toilet. Congress alleged that the family was quarantined in the toilet which the administration denied.

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Topics:  Migrant Labourers   Lockdown 

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