Karnataka Government Encourages Migrant Workers To Stay

Migrant workers in Karnataka have been encouraged by the government to not go out of the state. The government has also cancelled special trains that were arranged for migrant workers to help them reach home. NDTV's Maya Sharma spoke to a few labourers working on Bengaluru's Metro project, to know more about this situation. Watch the full report for more.

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[charanjitdebnath]

Room owner is force to pay rent . How can we pay no salary no work . Don't have room rent . just we want to go home 😭😭😭😭.

[PradeepKumar-xjxt]

Please. Start the train I want to go home

[meenageorge]

You cant force people to stay against their wishes, they will want to be their families

[southindianvoice]

Don’t believe politicians words they’re safe in home

[hanumanprasad]

Let their BJP party workers do that work

[Indiafirst]

Rightly said by Prof Yogendra Yadav - it's a modern day slavery, labourers forced to stay appears the will of their masters for bonded slavery

[ERASHISHSAO]

हर हाल में जो घर जाना चाहते हैं...उन्हें घर पहुँचाया जाये...
it's his right as free citizen
Pls note...virus is active still

[RaviPrakash-bezl]

Death of fundamental rights in Karnataka.

Shame on you.

They are crying 😭.

Shame on you karnataka.

Shame on you fundamental rights.

They are forced to work without giving them options to go home.

Shame on you.

[vishnukvv]

karnataka sent only kannadigas to homes...not others

[mazidsafi]

हम लोगों Mangalore कर्नाटक में फंसे हैं घर जाना चाहते हैं लेकिन जबरदस्ती रोका जाता है

[bayot]

U guys creat a disposable cover for ur microphone.

[vishramsingh]

Can contractor furnish PF ACCOUNTS of these labours? If not then why they are insisting Govt to held them back

[reyazulhaque]

Please Jane do yaar aise waqt mein sab family ke sath rehna chahege

[MK-rzes]

Plz west Bengal ke liye koi train chaloo kro

[erturulghazi]

People thought forced labour was a thing of past

[nurshingcharanpatnaik]

Decision of Karnataka govt not allowing migrated labourers to go their states is arbitrary. I do not know why Modi is looking it silently.yedurapa is not behaving as cm of one state but behaving like pm of a nation.migrated labourers be allowed to go their state in country, s interest.

[hiskiyadarbodrabha]

Did not get my April payment no money to pay for house rent

[joelg]

"Encourage" is a wrong word used in title. "Forced" is the better word

[MK-rzes]

West Bengal ke liye koi train nhi hai Kya

[sasanka]

How the forced labor camps are different?