We know its tough time and so we are reaching out to poor people and supporting them," shared Anushree Chandra, student at National Law Institute University (NLIU) Bhopal.
The students of Centre for Labour Law of NLIU have started an initiative Mazdoor Mitra and are helping poor and needy labourers of the State. The centre has launched helpline numbers and website so that they can keep a track of who is in need.
On Thursday, they recieved a call from an old woman residing at Anand Nagar. She has a family of eight members and they had nothing to eat. "As soon as we got the information on our helpline number, we reacged out to them and gave a dry ration so that they can cook and eat," informed Anushree.
She further informed that they are helping labourers in getting travel passes. Besides, the students are also helping them with raily enquiries so that they can board train and reach their destinations. This is not all, but the students are also letting the labourers look for food and night shelters.
This is a unique initiative and the website provides all the official and non-government information related to the workers in times of crisis at one place.
Today, the whole world is fighting the COVID 19 pandemic. In India too, the lockdown is being going on for more than 40 days. Due to this lockdown, the migrant labourers are facing the most difficult times. Central and State Governments have started transporting the stranded migrant workers to their homes across the country.
To help these labourers, the CLL NLIU has come yp with the initiative. Anyone can contact the helplines provided to help the labourers amd food packets or ration or any kind of help will be given to labourers.
The contact details of Mahendra Soni Chairperson, CLL, NLIU Bhopal as well as the CLL team were provided on website, on which our dear migrant workers can report their problems, informed an NLIU student Anushree Chandra. Efforts will be made to provide all possible help to the people worst hit due to this calamity, she added.