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TIRUCHY/CHENNAI: Many workers in Tiruchy and nearby districts were seen camping near the railway station since Sunday night to board Tuesday’s Howrah Express. Most of them from Bihar and West Bengal are, however, planning to return to Tamil Nadu after the lockdown is lifted.
“I work as a construction worker in Dindigul. Since the government has announced the lockdown, I decided to return to my hometown. So, I reached Tiruchy on Sunday night in a bus. Though our train is on Tuesday, the suspension of public transportation compelled us to reach early. Since the canteen and other hotels near the railway station are functioning even during the lockdown, we didn’t face much issues. Most of us are planning to return after the lockdown,” said Sachidananda Singh (45), a migrant worker from Bihar.
After Tamil Nadu announced lockdown workers from other states began flocking to the Chennai Central railway station.
Thirty-five-year-old Zahir Hussein wears a nervous look as he waits at the Coimbatore railway junction on Saturday morning.
The news of Tamil Nadu going into complete lockdown for a fortnight from Monday brought back the trauma of last year when he was left without an income almost overnight and had no way of going back home. My family is in Jharkhand and no matter how bad the situation is I want to be with them. It’s much better than suffering here alone and always worrying about your family, said the daily wager who works as a load man in Coimbatore. After returning home on a special train, he came back to the city for work in November hoping that the worst was over.
Industries gear up for lockdown
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With the State to go under complete lockdown from Monday, industries in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts that are in essential sectors or exports will continue to run. Meanwhile, several industries in the two districts also plan to shutdown on a voluntary basis.
A district administration official said that industries permitted in the government order will continue to function. Workers at these units will be allowed to travel to the industries.
In Tiruppur, Raja M. Shanmugham, president of Tiruppur Exporters Association, said the district administration had informed them that workers will not be permitted to come to work places on two-wheelers. Companies can organise transport facilities. “This has been conveyed to the exporting units,” he said.
Tiruppur sees spike in overseas demand for kidswear, innerwear
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Dhaka, Aug. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) A worker measures the quality of a product at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug. 12, 2020. Bangladesh s July export income was over 44 percent higher than that in June, meaning the country s export sector. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, April 27 : The garment exporting units in Tiruppur of Tamil Nadu are seeing increased demand for innerwear, children wear, long garments from overseas markets while the orders for fashion garments have gone down, said an industry official.
He also said the US and European markets have opened up and the Tiruppur export units are functioning well and the domestic market has also improved.
Some Tamil Nadu industrialists fear another exodus of migrant workers
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Last Updated: Apr 11, 2021, 04:05 PM IST
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The industries recovered from the jolt of the first wave of coronavirus when over one lakh migrant workers from both Coimbatore and Tirupur industries rushed back to their home towns in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha by special trains.
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A few workers reportedly left for their natives early last week as they feared the availability of transport like trains to reach their towns.
With the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across various parts of Tamil Nadu, some of the industrialists in the State are apprehensive of migrant workers leaving for their hometowns considering the health conditions.