The COVID crisis is ever growing ! It becomes unaffordable for locked down people, migrant labourers, and to an extend to governments. The fight is now literally shifted between virus and hunger. Millions of migrant labours are stranded at various places and a large number of daily wage earners are miffed with the means of food. How long government and NGOs can reach to the needy, it's practically challenging. How much we can witness the heart breaking pains of human faces.
Though risky, steps are inevitable to bring back migrant labours to their home states before loosing their patience as it's a matter of survival.
Government shall think of organized shifting of people to their home towns through special trains/buses after required health check ups in controlled manner keeping the mandates of social distancing in practice. Hence people can atleast take care of their food and stay with their own dear ones. It will reduce the burden of hunger relief efforts and grievances redressals of government amidst challenges to maintain social distancing at hunger relief camps/centers. At last, it's a fight between virus and hunger and we may not be able to test the patience of people striving to find a something to feed themselves.
The scenario looks a long lasting persistence. State governments are supposed face the concerns of labour shortages especially in construction sector as an aftermath of migrants retur. It's the time to create a brigade of skilled workers where deficit and demand see. Plans have to be chalked out to mitigate the manpower shortage by badging and branding of new plumbers, electricians, construction assistants, masons, agricultural practitioners etc based on requirements. Agencies like ASAP Kerala can truly and rightly pitch into the mitigation activities. This is in need as the entire rural economy is engulfed by liquidity crunch.
1. Offering Skill Training to people based on demands on geographical basis.
2. Branding and make them organized even through skills on call like Urban Clappers
3. Make mandatory the police clearance before enrolling to the pool.
4. Their is a high chance of infiltres and criminals in the migrant workforce, hence individual employers shall have the responsibility to keep the valid IDs and police clearance certificates. Monitoring divisions have to have a clear watch on this.
5. Minimum wages shall be strictly paid to migrant labours.Working conditions and accommodations of migrant labours shall be well maintained with all the required facilities. This will be enforced to contracters inorder to avoid exploitation, risking lives of people, unhygienic living styles and to discourage people to over relay on external work forces.
The constitution offers the free movement of citizens across the country, however it becomes impossible to live up to our fundamental rights owing to the prevailing crisis.
Time has exceed to awake, plan and implement.
Let's together prepare to face the post covid challenges
Though risky, steps are inevitable to bring back migrant labours to their home states before loosing their patience as it's a matter of survival.
Government shall think of organized shifting of people to their home towns through special trains/buses after required health check ups in controlled manner keeping the mandates of social distancing in practice. Hence people can atleast take care of their food and stay with their own dear ones. It will reduce the burden of hunger relief efforts and grievances redressals of government amidst challenges to maintain social distancing at hunger relief camps/centers. At last, it's a fight between virus and hunger and we may not be able to test the patience of people striving to find a something to feed themselves.
The scenario looks a long lasting persistence. State governments are supposed face the concerns of labour shortages especially in construction sector as an aftermath of migrants retur. It's the time to create a brigade of skilled workers where deficit and demand see. Plans have to be chalked out to mitigate the manpower shortage by badging and branding of new plumbers, electricians, construction assistants, masons, agricultural practitioners etc based on requirements. Agencies like ASAP Kerala can truly and rightly pitch into the mitigation activities. This is in need as the entire rural economy is engulfed by liquidity crunch.
1. Offering Skill Training to people based on demands on geographical basis.
2. Branding and make them organized even through skills on call like Urban Clappers
3. Make mandatory the police clearance before enrolling to the pool.
4. Their is a high chance of infiltres and criminals in the migrant workforce, hence individual employers shall have the responsibility to keep the valid IDs and police clearance certificates. Monitoring divisions have to have a clear watch on this.
5. Minimum wages shall be strictly paid to migrant labours.Working conditions and accommodations of migrant labours shall be well maintained with all the required facilities. This will be enforced to contracters inorder to avoid exploitation, risking lives of people, unhygienic living styles and to discourage people to over relay on external work forces.
The constitution offers the free movement of citizens across the country, however it becomes impossible to live up to our fundamental rights owing to the prevailing crisis.
Time has exceed to awake, plan and implement.
Let's together prepare to face the post covid challenges
