Madikeri: Migrant labourers from Assam, who had arrived to work in plantations in Kedakal in the district, were sent back to their native. Officials said on Thursday that the labourers were stranded in Suntikoppa following the lockdown. The State Government had given permission for the labourers to leave for their native. Accordingly, two jeeps were…
‘Congress has come to the aid of migrant workers’
May 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling BJP Government of failing to come to the aid of migrant workers, who are distressed over COVID-19 lockdown regulations, KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) Working President Salim Ahmed maintained that the Congress, as a responsible Opposition Party, has come to the rescue of migrant workers at this critical juncture. He was…
States can’t hire workers from UP without permission: Yogi Adityanath
May 26, 2020‘Migrants were treated shabbily without food, water and accommodation’ New Delhi: Miffed over the treatment of migrant workers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said States will now need to seek permission from his Government before engaging workers from Uttar Pradesh (UP). Addressing a webinar on Sunday, Adityanath said his Government will lay down…
220 migrant workers leave for Jharkhand, Uttarakhand from Mysuru
May 21, 2020KSRTC charges Rs. 300 per passenger to Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: After facing hardships for nearly two months following lockdown, 220 migrant workers left for their native Jharkhand and Uttarakhand from the city yesterday. District Administration and Labour Department had arranged seven Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses to ferry 220 migrant workers to Bengaluru, who…
13 TN native migrant labourers walk from Hassan to Mysuru
May 6, 2020Request Mysuru DC to help them reach back their homes Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 13 migrant labourers, who were working at a coffee estate in Belur, have walked all their way from Hassan to Mysuru and have now approached the DC to help them go back to their homes in Tamil Nadu. The group also…
Movement Pass seekers, migrant workers throng City Police Commissioner’s Office
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than 2,000 people, who had applied for Movement Pass (both one way and two way) to go back to their native places or to bring back their family members stuck in other places thronged City Police Commissioner’s Office in Nazarbad this morning to give their details and obtain the Pass. Also, many migrant…
495 migrant labourers return home
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government permitting return of stranded migrant workers to their native places, the District Administration has almost completed the process of sending back migrant workers to their native places. Starting from Apr.26, the authorities have moved a total of 495 migrant workers, most of whom were from North Karnataka, in 24 KSRTC buses…
Rajasthan’s 170 migrant workers wait for their special train from Mysuru
May 2, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of migrant workers have been stranded in places across the country since the nationwide lockdown was enforced on Mar. 25. To ease the situation, the Centre on Friday gave its nod for stranded migrant workers, students and others to return home by “Shramik Special” trains that will be run by…
Migrant workers in K.R. Nagar return to native places
April 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 74 migrant workers in K.R. Nagar taluk of the district, most of whom were from North Karnataka, who were stranded at their workplace due to the nationwide lockdown, returned to their native places in KSRTC buses on Sunday, thanks to the efforts of the District Administration. With the Union Government easing…
In times of COVID-19, migrant workers display positive energy
April 22, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Mysore/Mysuru: There was a sudden dramatic turn world over for the last couple of months with the outbreak of deadly Coronavirus where everything came to a standstill virtually and literally as lockdown was the only mantra that came as a refuge to help contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to lockdown,…
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