New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Ministry on Saturday directed all States and Union Territories (UTs) to set up relief camps along highways to provide food and shelter to the migrant workers returning to their domicile States.
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In response to their plight, GoAir offers to fly displaced migrant workers home
New Delhi/IBNS: India's millions of migrant workers are the most affected sections of our society during the ongoing 21-day lockdown in view of COVID-19. In response to their plight and after seeing scenes of workers trying to walk hundreds of kilometres home with their families, including children, GoAir has reached out to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and offered its services to fly these workers and their families to the airports closest to their homes.
Sending people by special buses may spread corona: Nitish Kumar
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that sending people by special buses during the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic would be dangerous and may result into the spread of disease in such a dimension that would be difficult to contain.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi on plight of migrant workers
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has expressed concern on the plight of migrant workers who were forced to walk back to their homes in other states due to the 21-day lock down.
Kamal Nath defends migrant worker comment
Bhopal, Dec 19 (IBNS): Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday defended a comment he made on migrant workers a day earlier that had triggered a controversy.