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HomeMigrant workers

Migrant workers

Migrant worker Dilip with his sons
Education

Without documents, most migrant workers’ children find access to education elusive

July 20, 2022 Majid Sohaib

For migrant workers from other states, getting access to education for their children is impossible their lack of documentation like local address proof

Tej Prasad Giri from Assam is a security guard
Health

Migrant workers — unaware and unable to access state healthcare schemes

July 15, 2022 Majid Sohaib

Migrant workers have little access to public healthcare. Plus they get little help from employers or contractors for medical expenses.

Economy

Migrant workers deal with unhygienic living conditions, poor nutrition

July 4, 2022 Majid Sohaib

Migrant workers, especially those who moved to Bengaluru recently, are poorly paid, and live in informal settlements or in the construction site.

Migrant pregnant workers Nasreen and Nisara
Society

Costly private health care more a necessity than a choice for poor, pregnant migrant women

March 21, 2022 Nihira

A recent study revealed that 64% of surveyed pregnant migrant women had not been visited by a health worker either during their pregnancy or after delivery

Metro workers in a labour colony during lockdown
Economy

Hunger and fear of another lockdown stalks migrant workers

July 12, 2021 Navya P K

Migrant workers who went back home last year have had it worse since their return. Most remain without work, their condition just as bad as during last year’s lockdown.

Society

Why Akme Encore’s residents cook extra breakfast

January 28, 2021 Deepika Ahuja

Twenty volunteers make extra breakfast every day, pack them into boxes and send them to a bridge school meant for children of migrant workers.

Economy

COVID effect: Migrant tailors who left Bengaluru hope to return soon

October 13, 2020 Smitha Tumuluru

With no income in the lockdown, Abdul Sattar and other embroiderers in Bengaluru were desperate to return to their West Bengal village. Now, with no work in the village, Sattar is desperate to come back to the city.

Metro workers in a labour colony during lockdown
Economy

Without cash, migrant workers fall back on their families for roti, kapda, makaan

June 16, 2020 Harsha Raj Gatty and Pranshu Rathee

With no income, the lockdown affected every aspect of an informal worker’s life. It was only reverse remittances that kept them afloat, finds out the first of this four-part Ground Reality Series

Representational image of covid testing
Civic

Bengaluru Buzz: Spurt in COVID deaths | Schools persist with online classes | Lockdown, travel rules relaxed…and more

June 13, 2020 News Desk

COVID deaths increase since June, confusion about online classes continue, NLSIU alumni arrange flight for 26 migrant workers – read more on news from the city this week, in our roundup.

Governance

“Why do Shramik trains seem like planned nightmares?”

June 5, 2020 Anita Cheria

Government’s COVID response has failed to recognise the migrant worker as human. While the workers are treated like criminals, the real culprits behind their plight go scot-free.

Society

When Bengalureans decided they couldn’t simply watch hungry migrants trudge helplessly

June 4, 2020 Mohit M Rao

The acts of kindness from individuals during the lockdown are innumerable and difficult to quantify. Many were no more than just donors, but their contribution saved the day for the thousands stranded far from home.

Governance

“Better ward-level governance could have saved Bengaluru’s migrant workers during lockdown”

June 2, 2020 Kathyayini Chamaraj

As per law, Disaster Management Cells in each ward would have been responsible for providing services to migrant workers during lockdown. But thanks to the apathy of authorities, these Cells weren’t even set up initially and still remain ineffective.

Migrant Workers of Bangalore queuing up to travel home from Malur Station on Shramik Trains
Governance

Explained: How can Bengaluru’s migrant workers travel back home

May 21, 2020 Siddhant Kalra

With lakhs of workers wanting to go back to their homes, and limited trains operated by the government, will they stay back in Bengaluru or try other options?

Governance

“Karnataka should strengthen labour laws, not weaken them”: AICCTU

May 19, 2020 Clifton D'rozario

The trade union AICCTU has written to the state government, asking not to proceed with its plans to dilute labour laws. Rather, these laws should be strengthened so that workers affected by the lockdown are protected, the union said.

Society

Stuck between govt, builders and contractors, workers court hunger and destitution

May 17, 2020 Navya P K

How well did builders in Bengaluru support migrant workers during lockdown? And should they have reason to worry at all about the workers’ exodus now?

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