The officials in Uttar Pradesh administration say that buses will take migrant workers to home. In daily press briefing the senior government officers churns out numbers of trains that have arrived in UP and number of migrants workers being brought back. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asks officers to be polite with these workers and provide…Continue reading Migrants with Blisters on their Feet Still Walking Thousands of Miles
Month: May 2020
Perils of Reverse Migration
Villagers of Rajaram ka Purwa in Banda district have written a letter to SDM, Attarra saying that they are starving and will die if they do get anything to eat. The letter signed by six members of the family, say they pick up leftover grains in the field and eat once in a day. In…Continue reading Perils of Reverse Migration
Living in Quarantine Was Like a Hell
Reshma and her family comprising her husband and two children were among a group of 15 people who boarded a bus provided by the Uttar Pradesh government to take them to their home town to Sitapur. They reached their village Sanjarabad but landed at a quarantine centre where they were deprived of food, water and…Continue reading Living in Quarantine Was Like a Hell