Tag: Odia migrant workers

Bhadrak: Over a thousand Odia migrant workers blocked NH-16 near Nalanga in Bhadrak district to protest against alleged lack of food and accommodation. Sources said the migrants had returned to ...

Bhubaneswar: A ‘Shramik’ special train with 1,190 Odia migrant workers left Bengaluru for Bhubaneswar at 9:26 am on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Karnataka government arranged special state-run buses ...

Bhubaneswar: A special train carrying around 1,200 Odia migrant workers will leave for Bhubaneswar from Kerala on Friday. The train is scheduled to depart from Aluva railway station in Ernakulam ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday discussed the return of lakhs of Odia workers stuck in Tamil Nadu with his counterpart from the state K. Palaniswami. Union Minister ...

Jagatsinghpur: Desperate to get back home to Jagatsinghpur district during the lockdown, Benudhar Mallick, a 60-year-old migrant labourer, walked 300 km along the railway tracks from West Bengal. Mallick was ...

Pune: A group of Odia IT professionals in Pune has come forward to feed migrant families from Odisha stranded there due to the lockdown. The group members have spent Rs 45,000 ...

Balasore: Following the sudden rise in the number of corona positive cases in Balasore district, the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), Central Division, Anil Kumar Samal, on Tuesday informed that hundreds ...

Sonepur/Puri: Four migrant Odia workers of Konark area in Odisha’s Puri district, who work in a putty company in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, arrived at Biramaharajpur in Sonepur on their bicycles ...

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the plight of thousands of Odia migrant workers stranded in neighbouring states due to the complete nationwide lockdown clamped to prevent spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

Bhubaneswar: ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’ convenor Arup Mohan Patnaik will be the state government’s representative to coordinate with the Gujarat administration regarding migrant workers from Odisha stranded in Surat and other ...