Report Finds Many Migrant Workers in Madhya Pradesh Did Not Receive Govt Benefits
The MP Migrant Workers Project found that 90% of migrant workers who returned to the state during the COVID-19 lockdown did not receive any kind of monetary assistance.
A migrant labourer with his family walks along a road to reach Sarai Kale Khan for travelling back to his native place Madhya Pradesh, during the ongoing lockdown, at Anand Vihar in New Delhi, May 13, 2020. Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist
Rights11/Dec/2020
New Delhi: Satish Ranjan used to work in Pune as a construction worker. When the pandemic hit, he was forced to return to his home in Madhya Pradesh, like the lakhs of migrant workers who were forced to return â many by foot â as a consequence of the lockdown, which meant that they were suddenly out of a job.