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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Will agriculture help twice-returned Saurashtra migrants tide over COVID-19 crisis? -Rajeev Khanna

Will agriculture help twice-returned Saurashtra migrants tide over COVID-19 crisis? -Rajeev Khanna

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published Published on Jul 9, 2020   modified Modified on Jul 10, 2020

-Down to Earth

Several Saurashtra migrants who had returned to work in Surat in May-end said they have fallen back on land resources for agriculture

The Saurashtra region in western Gujarat has been witnessing a second wave of reverse migration amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Labourers employed in the diamond industry in Surat had first migrated back to their villages in Saurashtra when the Union government had first announced nationwide lockdown in March.

They, however, came back to Surat when the lockdown was lifted in May-end. Now, they are once again headed to their villages in the face of spiralling COVID-19 cases in Surat that has led to the closure of several industrial units.

Several migrants said they have fallen back on land resources for agriculture and are “determined not to go back till at least Diwali”. The good monsoon rainfall has been the silver lining, and most of them are expecting a good groundnut and cotton crop.

Sources on the ground said thousands of workers employed in the diamond sector went back home, again, after units started closing down fearing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Those who own land along with their other family members have taken to tilling while the others have taken to working as agriculture labour since a good rainfall has led to an increase in demand for agriculture this season.

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Down to Earth, 9 July, 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/will-agriculture-help-twice-returned-saurashtra-migrants-tide-over-covid-19-crisis--72199?fbclid=IwAR3WjvIcl5kZupRWFOGHo7CAtGEvEv9m-6Ut9FTOD3OokDkFJMekCxEjm1I


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