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Rita, a tea seller who used to make tea on a stove, currently uses an earthen stove due to the ongoing LPG cylinder shortage. She also plans to move back to her village if things don’t change in the coming week or two. Ghazipur, New Delhi | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
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The ongoing LPG crisis, coupled with recent remarks by Prime minister Narendra Modi, has triggered fresh anxiety among migrant workers at construction sites across Mumbai and its surrounding regions, reviving memories of the exodus witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic | Photo: Dinesh Parab/Outlook
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Earlier, nearly 3,000 workers were employed here. Now only 200 to 300 remain. Most have returned to their villages in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh due to the crisis. Many construction sites are now lying almost empty according to Munna Yadav, a worker at one such site Mumbai, Maharashtra | Photo: Dinesh Parab/Outlook
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Rakesh, a factory worker heading back to his native village fearing a lockdown type situation, from Anand Vihar bus stand, New Delhi | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
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Migrant workers leaving for their hometowns from Kaushambi bus stand in Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: Suresh K. Pandey/Outlook
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Migrant workers leaving for their hometowns from Kaushambi bus stand in Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: Suresh K. Pandey/Outlook
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Amal came to Kolkata from Bihar about four months ago for work. He works at a roadside food stall where he makes rotis. From 3 PM to 3 AM, he prepares rotis using nearly 30 kg of flour. Earlier, this work was done using gas, but due to a shortage of gas, he now has to cook using a traditional clay stove (earthen oven). This makes his work very difficult, as he has to stand in front of the intense heat for long hours. His employer has sent his entire family back to their hometown because, without gas, they are unable to cook at home. | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook
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Migrant daily wage workers leaving for their hometown from Anand Vihar bus stand | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
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Migrant daily wage workers leaving for their hometown Anand Vihar bus stand | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
