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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Migrants’ vulnerability is newly visible, but not new -Radhika Jha

Migrants’ vulnerability is newly visible, but not new -Radhika Jha

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published Published on May 12, 2020   modified Modified on May 12, 2020

-The Indian Express

Ever since the lockdown was enforced on March 25, there has been ever-increasing uncertainty about the welfare, if not the basic survival, of the vulnerable sections of the society, many of whom depend on daily wages for their sustenance.

India witnessed a tragic irony last week when 16 migrants, part of a group of 20 headed towards their villages in Madhya Pradesh and who were hoping to board a “Shramik Special” train, chose to rest on the rail tracks: They were run over by a goods train in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district.

Ever since the lockdown was enforced on March 25, there has been ever-increasing uncertainty about the welfare, if not the basic survival, of the vulnerable sections of the society, many of whom depend on daily wages for their sustenance. This section of the population very often travels from poorer parts of the country to different states in order to earn an income, and have come to be known as “migrant workers”.

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The Indian Express, 12 May, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/migrants-movement-injustice-india-lockdown-6405229/


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