Migrant workers return to scarce jobs, low salaries
(WorldNews India)

When Mantu Singh returned to Maharashtra on June 25 with a group of other migrant workers, who had returned home in April after the lockdown was imposed, he was hopeful of finding work quickly, and sending money back home to his family. Despite the apprehensions of his family in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi about returning to a Covid-19 ravaged city, what really swung it for Singh, and the others, was what the contractor was offering – promise of safety measures at the construction site in Satara and prompt payment of wages. A little over a month later, however, 11 members of the group, including Singh, took the long journey back home again after their employer defaulted on paying their...