Data as of 9/05/2020
Maharashtra
Today's tally - 1165
Total tally - 20228
Data as of 9/05/2020
Mumbai
Today's tally - 722
Total tally - 12864
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Apparently, this isn't exclusively for migrants . I fail to understand the confused strategy of the government here unless they're signalling they've thrown in the towel & are prepared to let people take a hit to compensate for opening up of the economy. What this move effectively does is convey people during a lockdown who're not economic migrants to different parts of he country from possibly red zones to possible orange & red zones. What that does for all the gains of the lockdown cannot be overstated.
Apparently, this isn't exclusively for migrants . I fail to understand the confused strategy of the government here unless they're signalling they've thrown in the towel & are prepared to let people take a hit to compensate for opening up of the economy. What this move effectively does is convey people during a lockdown who're not economic migrants to different parts of he country from possibly red zones to possible orange & red zones. What that does for all the gains of the lockdown cannot be overstated.
What I think is the lockdown may have given the govt time to prepare, but it is nowhere near enough to stop the virus.
Remember the earlier reports that said the lockdown will have to be done all the way until a vaccine is found? That's an impossible task for any country.
I suppose we are going to develop herd immunity by the time a vaccine is found.
Odd. Tripura govt. is telling us trains are only for migrants not for general passengers. We are expecting to receive around 12, 000 people from across the country tomorrow. Preparations are ongoing to create enough facilities to isolate these people.
A friend of mine went all the way to Nagpur from Mumbai to tend to his ailing mother y'day. It took him 26 hours for a journey not more than 10-11 hours without stoppage . Apparently the Mumbai Nashik section which shouldn't take more than 4 hours on a regular day but even less considering this is a lockdown took a whopping 11-12 hours to complete coz the entire stretch was filled with thousands of migrant workers returning home to the North & east jamming the entire route.Apparently , It's been on since the end of last month.You won't see any MSM cover this event.
There are no restaurants open along the way which means no food & water. This is the kind of preparations UT has undertaken for the state of Maharashtra. They don't give a damn to the migrants nor the locals domiciled here. Now what does that do to all those thousands of villages these migrants will eventually get into isn't even worthy of a debate. With migrants flying in from abroad & lax implementation of the lockdown all the gains thru sacrifices of the lockdowns we've implemented till date are being flushed down the toilet. We're in for a second wave which is going to be worse than what we've seen & this time it's only due to the government's ( both state & central) confused policies , callousness & ineptness
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Punjab and Hariyana did the opposite. Other states were neutral.
Only thing worth mentioning is that Maharashtra govt did so arrogantly and openly asked states states like UP and Bihar to take back their migrant workers.
This is the reason UP government is tinkering with labor laws to attract more industries to setup shop in the state itself.
Maharashtra was the second state after Delhi to throwback migrant workers amidst the crisis.
Punjab and Hariyana did the opposite. Other states were neutral.
Only thing worth mentioning is that Maharashtra govt did so arrogantly and openly asked states states like UP and Bihar to take back their migrant workers.
This is the reason UP government is tinkering with labor laws to attract more industries to setup shop in the state itself.
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When we speak of migrant workers, we are actually talking about 300 million people, possibly 400 million even. I don't think a govt "giving a damn" is the problem. It's a problem no govt on earth can handle, not even China. During the spring festival, half that number migrate in China, which happens over a 2-week period, with all facilities working seamlessly, not during a lockdown, and not just in a day or two.
Explained: Indian migrants, across India
The lockdown has led to an exodus of migrant workers struggling to reach their home states. Where do these migrants mostly come from, where do they work, in which sectors?
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Yeah, no way those numbers can migrate with govt support. These guys are basically on their own.
Then both the state & central governmenys should have either given time to these migrants apart from arranging transportation to convey them to their home states before the first lockdown began failing which they ought to have done so now on a regular basis & not a once in a three day kind of ad hoc affair it's turning out to be.
Can you imagine what's it like with thousands walking in peak summer day time temperatures on tar roads for a thousand kms or more with their baggage & children & no food or water, no shelter for the night , etc for days & weeks? I wonder how many will make it home & in what shape.
From what I understand, they were getting food and water in the cities. But they decided to start moving on their own. As I've seen in interviews, including those who died on the railway tracks, they had access to food and water, and even jobs were starting again, they decided to leave on their own instead.
As for time and arrangements to move them, it's impossible for any govt on earth to provide such a facility to so many people. Even if you mobilise all the cars, buses and trains in the country, it can't be done even during normal times, never mind during such a strict lockdown. Who's gonna drive? Where will you get fuel? Food and water are the least of the problems. This is a logistics nightmare of gargantuan proportions.
Think logically, lockdown has been lifted in a lot of areas, but migrants are still returning even though many jobs have become available again. There are basically two groups of migrants who are returning home. One of them have no choice since they have lost their jobs or stopped receiving support. And the other are those who have all the support from employers and the govt, but still want to make the move. And the overwhelming majority are from the second group. It's a choice they are going to regret, but nothing can be done about it. Unfortunately, people from the first group will get completely neglected in the process.
