By Rani Punnaserril Bengaluru, March 15, 2023: The national commission for migrants under the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has devised new ways to reach out to the displaced in a more pastoral way. The commission organized a meeting of its regional secretaries where they received inputs from theContinue Reading
Gwalior: Three migrant workers were killed and at least seven injured in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district after the heavily overcrowded bus they were travelling in overturned on an accident-prone stretch at Jourasi Ghati around 8.30 am April 20. Local police said the bus was carrying around 100 migrant workers whoContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 17, 2020: The newspapers in Madhya Pradesh on May 17 published a moving picture of a migrant worker Yakoob calling for help from passersby while his friend Amrit lay on his lap. Amrit and Yakoob were part of a group of migrant workers travelling fromContinue Reading
Lucknow, May 16, 2020: At least 24 migrant laborers were killed and more than 30 wounded on May 16 when trucks that carried them collided in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The accident occurred at around 3 am in Auraiya district, about 200 km from the state’s capitalContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, May 12, 2020: Newspapers, TV and social media are full of stories of the plight of migrant workers stranded in various parts of India. Deaths of workers on the highways and railway tracks because of accidents and hunger have become daily news. Media also carry storiesContinue Reading
By Alok Pandey Lucknow, May 11, 2020: Om Prakash was on a 1,000-km journey to his home in Bihar’s Saran. The 20-year-old construction worker in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida walked 200 km to reach Agra where he found a truck driver willing to take him to Lucknow, 350 km ahead,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Medak, April 14, 2020: Two centers of the Divine Word Missionaries of Hyderabad Province have been providing relief to migrants in Telangana state. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers have been affected by the nationwide lockdown in many parts of India. Faith-based NGOs and others haveContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 14, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishop of Mumbai, has offered four schools to set up relief centers and camps. Bombay archdiocesan spokesperson Father Nigel Barett on April 14 said the cardinal offered the schools to Home Guards some five days ago. “Since students will return to theContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Dec. 19, 2019: Six years ago when I accompanied Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati (now retired) to visit some villages under the archdiocese he warned me, “Expect the unexpected.” I was surprised and tried to hard understand the wisdom behind his cryptic words. As the daysContinue Reading
The state government wants migrants to enroll in an insurance scheme, supposed to be announced in this week’s state budgetContinue Reading