-Hindustan Times There has been limited assessment of the pandemic’s wider effects on the children of migrants. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court, in response to a petition filed by NGO Child Rights Trust, asked for data from all states and Union Territories on children of migrant workers. Nitin Kumar’s eyes were full of despair as he waited along with his parents for a bus to Hardoi at Anand Vihar bus station on...
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Deal with migrant workers tactfully to prevent exodus: Advisory to officers -Mahender Singh Manral
-The Indian Express Delhi Police's special branch asked the district police to intensify patrolling at night to prevent unauthorized movement of labourers. As Covid cases surge and the possibility of a lockdown looms in the national capital, the Special Branch of Delhi Police, after taking cues from the mass migrant movement during the last shutdown, has asked all 15 district police officials to counsel migrant workers and send them back to their...
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-PTI/ News18.com The police were also in talks with civil administration officials to either arrange transport for them or shelter homes for their temporary stay, the officer said. Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Anand Vihar ISBT here to catch a bus home, hours after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long lockdown and appealed to them with folded hands not to leave Delhi while sounding a word of assurance — "Main...
More »Centre to provide fresh insurance cover to ‘COVID-19 warriors’
-PTI/ The Hindu The PMGKP was announced on March last year, and was extended thrice till April 24, the ministry said. The Union Health Ministry on Monday announced that all claims of “COVID warriors” under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package will be settled till April 24 after which a fresh insurance policy for them will become effective. In a tweet, the ministry said that a new dispensation will be provided to cover...
More »Kumbh returnees in Delhi told to quarantine at home for 14 days -Mahender Singh Manral
-The Indian Express An order issued by Chief Secretary Vijay Dev states, “The situation of Covid-19 in Delhi has been reviewed and..., it has become imperative to mandatorily test, trace and quarantine all those residents of Delhi, who have visited or are going to visit Kumbh-2021 at Haridwar. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has directed all the residents of Delhi, who have visited the Kumbh at Haridwar from April 4 till...
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