-The Hindu SWAN, which relaunched its helpline in April, releases findings based on over 8,000 callers Bengaluru: Migrant workers, one of the more vulnerable groups left in lurch during the national lockdown called by the Centre last year, are facing another crisis during the second wave of COVID-19. This time around, the problem is compounded by a lack of savings, which they used up last year. Around 92% of the country’s workforce who...
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Covid has pushed seasonal sugarcane cutters in Maharashtra’s Beed to the brink of poverty -Diksha Munjal and Tanishka Sodhi
-Newslaundry.com Daily wage work has dried up and there’s no help forthcoming from the government. The narrow lanes cutting through farmland are dotted with brick, wood and asbestos shanties. One in particular, located in Dhakephal village in Maharashtra’s Beed district, is lit by a single yellow bulb. It’s home to Swati Sriganga Ramdave, 24, and her family of seven. Outside the house, Swati’s youngest daughter Aarohi, 4, tugged at her grandmother Gitabai’s sari,...
More »Massive Fire Destroys Delhi’s Only Rohingya Camp -Tarique Anwar
-Newsclick.in This is not an isolated incident. This was the fifth conflagration in the camp over the past nine years. New Delhi: It was a usual night for Zahid Hussain. Unaware of what destiny has in store for him and others, the 23-year-old, like his fellow Burmese refugee neighbours in the Rohingya camp in South East Delhi’s Kanchan Kunj, had gone to bed after having dinner at 10 pm on June 12....
More »Why and How India Needs to Develop Post-Pandemic Settlements -Ranjit Sabikhi
-TheWire.in Both in urban and rural areas, there are many issues that will need to be addressed. The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that we are currently passing through will have a disastrous effect on the life of large numbers of people across the country. The situation is far more serious than what the government recognises or acknowledges. The major impact is going to be on the poorer sections of society that...
More »Jobs Carnage – 2.5 crore Jobs Lost Since January - Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Construction, manufacturing, hospitality sectors most affected. Over 1.7 crore Daily Wage Workers lose jobs. Over 2.5 crore existing jobs have been lost between January and May 2021. The bulk of these losses – about 2.2 crore – have occurred in April and May, the period in which India was engulfed in a brutal second wave of COVID-19, leading to state-level lockdowns of varying degrees. These chilling figures emerge from the latest...
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