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To Get Trains, Migrants Stuck With English Forms, OTPs And More -Anindita Adhikari & Seema Mundoli

-NDTV

"Marenge toh gaon mein hi marenge" said a determined Ramesh as he walked down a highway in Gurgaon in late March with his wife and two small children. The family had just set off for their village, 450 km away in Madhya Pradesh because they did not think they would survive a 21-day lockdown with no source of income. 45 days, two extensions, a disposed-of petition on wage payment for migrant workers, and 958 relief orders later, many like Ramesh and his family are on the road, trying to make their way home because not much has changed for them since the lockdown began.

The lockdown has inflicted unimaginable misery on migrant workers who were already struggling to make a living in the cities to which they had moved. The workers were left to fend for themselves without wages by their uncaring employers and absconding contractors; the government failed to ensure enough access to sufficient food or rations. So the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order on April 29 allowing the movement of migrants kindled the hopes of stranded workers wanting to return home. Instead, what has been thrown at them is a slew of conflicting orders and announcements, unhelpful helplines, complicated portals and an entirely opaque system of scheduling trains and assigning priority for travel. The Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN), which has provided relief to over 18,000 workers who have reached out for help since the beginning of the lockdown, has also been trying to assist workers who wish to return home. Navigating the maze of orders and portals has been a nightmare even for us.

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