<p>A survey among migrant workers spread across eight states has revealed that 53% were laid off during the ongoing <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> lockdown announced on March 24, while 60% were in urgent need for assistance, mostly food, as they were left with resources that would barely last a week.</p>.<p>The highest job losses were reported from Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur, one of the major textile hubs of the country, where a “vast majority” reported that they were laid off, followed by Ahmedabad, the survey carried out by Gram Vaani, a social technology company incubated out of IIT-Delhi said.</p>.<p>The survey reached out to 752 respondents across eight states and found that 57% of those who lost their jobs were not paid their full wages, most such complaints originating from Ahmedabad and Gurugram in Haryana.</p>.<p>“I am from Madhya Pradesh, my factory in Tirupur has been closed, I want to go back to my place but because of lock down, trains are not running, I am facing great difficulty in arranging for my food,” a worker from Madhya Pradesh stranded in Tirupur said.</p>.<p>Gram Vaani’s Saajha Manch network seeks to help migrant workers share information and create awareness about their rights and entitlements. This network was activated to carry out a survey to understand how they were coping with the lockdown.</p>.<p>A total of 752 responses, more than 50% workers wanted to go back to their places of origin and were even willing to pay for their transit.</p>.<p>“Me, my wife and three children are stuck in Maharashtra, I am out of work from 21st March and we do not have any money left to sustain ourselves,” Luvkush Saini, a labourer stranded in Maharashtra, was quoted in the results of the survey released by Gram Vaani.</p>.<p>The survey was conducted over a span of 18 days and the responses divided into two time period, to understand whether the need for urgent assistance (particularly food) had settled over time.</p>.<p>“Respondents in the later time period, 8th-14th April, had even more demand for urgent assistance, than respondents in the earlier period, 27th March to 7th April,” it said.</p>
<p>A survey among migrant workers spread across eight states has revealed that 53% were laid off during the ongoing <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> lockdown announced on March 24, while 60% were in urgent need for assistance, mostly food, as they were left with resources that would barely last a week.</p>.<p>The highest job losses were reported from Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur, one of the major textile hubs of the country, where a “vast majority” reported that they were laid off, followed by Ahmedabad, the survey carried out by Gram Vaani, a social technology company incubated out of IIT-Delhi said.</p>.<p>The survey reached out to 752 respondents across eight states and found that 57% of those who lost their jobs were not paid their full wages, most such complaints originating from Ahmedabad and Gurugram in Haryana.</p>.<p>“I am from Madhya Pradesh, my factory in Tirupur has been closed, I want to go back to my place but because of lock down, trains are not running, I am facing great difficulty in arranging for my food,” a worker from Madhya Pradesh stranded in Tirupur said.</p>.<p>Gram Vaani’s Saajha Manch network seeks to help migrant workers share information and create awareness about their rights and entitlements. This network was activated to carry out a survey to understand how they were coping with the lockdown.</p>.<p>A total of 752 responses, more than 50% workers wanted to go back to their places of origin and were even willing to pay for their transit.</p>.<p>“Me, my wife and three children are stuck in Maharashtra, I am out of work from 21st March and we do not have any money left to sustain ourselves,” Luvkush Saini, a labourer stranded in Maharashtra, was quoted in the results of the survey released by Gram Vaani.</p>.<p>The survey was conducted over a span of 18 days and the responses divided into two time period, to understand whether the need for urgent assistance (particularly food) had settled over time.</p>.<p>“Respondents in the later time period, 8th-14th April, had even more demand for urgent assistance, than respondents in the earlier period, 27th March to 7th April,” it said.</p>
