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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Migrant hunger and lockdown games -Amrita Johri and Anjali Bhardwaj

Migrant hunger and lockdown games -Amrita Johri and Anjali Bhardwaj

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published Published on Apr 24, 2020   modified Modified on Apr 28, 2020

-The Hindu Business Line

The government is seen doing very little to mitigate the woes of the thousands of migrant workers who have been pushed to the brink of starvation by the lockdown

* Post the Covid-19 lockdown, unorganised sector migrant labourers have been unable to afford even two square meals a day

* 78 per cent of workers surveyed said they had less than 300

* Economic relief packages such as PMGKY have failed to address needs of migrant workers

The story of a man who jumped into the Yamuna River is related in whispers. Immediately after the lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25, thousands of migrant workers, especially from old Delhi, congregated at the Yamuna Pushta shelters by the banks of the river in the Capital. The shelters already housed a large number of homeless people. Severe overcrowding and the burgeoning demand for food resulted in long queues and near-stampedes when supplies reached the area.

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The Hindu Business Line, 24 April, 2020, https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/migrant-hunger-and-lockdown-games/article31422628.ece#


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