labourers

Labouring in an oven

Labouring in an oven

Labourers, semi-skilled workers and street vendors are struggling to work and earn in the burning furnace of Delhi

June 9, 2023

Behind a majestic fort, lives mired in poverty

The ubiquitous cardboard boxes in which goods are despatched by manufacturers to retailers and individual customers are retrieved for recycling…

November 5, 2022

4 labourers buried under rubble as wall collapses in Noida’s Jal Vayu Vihar

Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari has ordered a joint investigation by the police, district administration and the Noida Authority

September 20, 2022

3 children among 9 killed after jeep collides head-on with a truck in Karnataka; 15 injured

All of them were daily wage workers, labourers going towards Bengaluru. The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment.

August 27, 2022

When labourers go unregistered, so do their problems

Ad hoc payments in case of injuries and deaths, dangerous working conditions and difficulties in getting registered are just some…

July 30, 2021

A year after lockdown, labourers’ misery refuse to fade

With increasing Covid cases in the capital city, as well as in other states, labourers are yet again facing the…

March 23, 2021