Migrant workers spotted leaving Noida, administration refutes Covid-19 link
Migrant workers spotted leaving Noida, administration refutes Covid-19 link
As states impose fresh set of restrictions amid rise in Covid-19 cases, the migrant workers are yet again staring at an uncertain future. While the authorities try to play down the situation, migrant workers in Noida were seen leaving for their home states.
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UPDATED: April 14, 2021 06:18 IST
There were similar reports of migrant workers leaving Noida and Greater Noida in Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Monday but the administration officials had refuted the claims. (Photo: PTI/Representative)
Scores of people, including women and children, were on Tuesday spotted leaving Noida for their hometowns on buses with many of them allegedly lamenting an uncertain future in the city amid worsening Covid-19 situation, according to eyewitnesses.
Farmer Leader Sends PM Modi Letter Written in Blood Demanding Repeal of Laws
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj Singh, on Wednesday, sent the letter to the Noida City Magistrate.
File image of the farmers protest. Photo: PTI
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Noida:Â Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj Singh, on Wednesday, wrote a letter in blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws that have stoked massive protests by farmers’ unions in north India.
The letter by Singh, who is camping at the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida along with his faction members since 2nd December, came as protestors marked the birth anniversary of former prime minister and farmers’ leader Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj Singh on Wednesday wrote a letter in blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws that have stoked massive protests by farmers unions in north India.
The letter by Singh, who is camping at the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida along with his faction members since December 2, came as protestors marked the birth anniversary of former prime minister and farmers leader Chaudhary Charan Singh. Take back the agriculture bill, make law to ensure guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) and form a kisaan aayog (farmers commission), he wrote in the brief letter addressed to PM Modi.
BKU (Lok Shakti) spokesperson Shailesh Kumar Giri said the letter has been handed over to the Noida administration, whose officials have assured that it would be forwarded to the Prime Minister s Office (PMO). I have received the letter from the farmers union which has been written in blood. The letter will be sent to the Prime Minister s Officer through our district magistrate, as per procedures, Noida City Magistrate Uma Shankar told PTI.
Around 200 protestors gathered at the Dalit Prerna Sthal on Wednesday with more 60 to 70 more members of the BKU (Lok Shakti) from Khurja in Bulandshahr joining their counterparts from Noida, Greater Noida, Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Firozabad, etc.
Take agri bills back : Farmers leader sends letter written in blood to PM Modi
BKU (Lok Shakti) spokesperson Shailesh Kumar Giri said the letter has been handed over to the Noida administration
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Farmers during the ongoing protest against the farm laws at Singhu Border in New Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav/EPS) By PTI
NOIDA: Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj Singh on Wednesday wrote a letter in blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws that have stoked massive protests by farmers unions in north India.