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COVID crisis: 113 non-local labourers test positive in Kashmir

Srinagar: As many as 113 non-local labourers, who arrived in Kashmir in the last one week, have tested positive for COVID-19. Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, K K Sidha told The Kashmir Monitor that

Jul. 21, 2020

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10,581 samples of labourers collected from July 14 to 18: Govt

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has collected 10,581 samples of labourers arriving at Qazigund toll post from 14th to 18th of July 2020 for COVID-19 testing. As per the official data

Jul. 20, 2020

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In 6 days, 11,000 non-local labourers enter Kashmir; ‘6 test positive’, results of around 5000 awaited

Srinagar: Amid raging coronavirus pandemic in Kashmir, around 11,000 non-local labourers have come back to the valley since July 14 even as the administration claims that they have sampled most of them

Jul. 20, 2020

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Food, shelter, healthcare: Kashmir sets example in taking care of distressed non-locals

Srinagar: A small earning from stitching people’s clothes in Ludhiana did not suffice tailor-master Ajay’s needs back home. Hoping to double his earnings, Ajay decided to change his profession and assist his

May. 26, 2020

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24 migrant labourers killed, 36 injured in truck collision in UP

Auraiya (UP): At least 24 migrant labourers lost their lives and 36 people sustained injuries when a trailer truck carrying them collided with another truck in the early hours of Saturday in

May. 16, 2020

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Photo of man hauling baby onto a truck depicts plight of stranded workers in India

Srinagar: A picture showing a man hauling up a baby onto a truck jam-packed with migrant labourers trying to head home in COVID-19 lockdown is breaking the internet. The photo from Raipur

May. 12, 2020

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‘Stranded workers in Kashmir will be informed of COVID screening, shouldn’t visit hospitals unnecessarily’

Srinagar: Migrant workers and labourers belonging to other states and presently stranded in Kashmir have been asked to avoid visiting hospitals for COVID screening in connection with their travel to their home

May. 11, 2020

Goons attack Kashmiri labourers in Assam, five injured

Srinagar: At around 8:30 pm on Monday, Iqbal Ahmad, 30, was preparing for dinner along with other Kashmiri labourers after breaking their fast when suddenly their electricity went off in Cachar district

May. 5, 2020

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From Kashmir to Poonch: 24 labourers walk 100 km to reach home

Rajouri, Mar 29 In a surprising incident, at least twenty four laborers hailing from Rajouri district walked over a hundred kilometers in snow packed mountains and reached Poonch’s Surankote area. A group

Mar. 29, 2020

Labourer killed in Ganderbal snow avalanche

Srinagar, Mar 6: A non-local labourer was Friday killed and another injured after the duo was swept away by a snow avalanche that hit some under-construction power projects in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.

Mar. 6, 2020

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