On May 19, the night a drunk 17-year-old driving a Porsche crashed it into a bike and killed two people, Bablu Shaikh’s life went off course. The #PunePorsche case may have slipped from national headlines, but the impact of the crackdown on bars and pubs is still being felt by the workers at these outlets who lost their jobs. Most of them were migrants and have returned to their villages to uncertain farm incomes or are taking up work at construction sites. “I have returned to my village Nive in Pune’s Mulshi taluka and am looking for a job. Currently, I am working on our agricultural land. But that is not what I want to do in life,” said Nikhil Tonde, who lost his job in a bar. Do read our latest story by Varsha Torgalkar on www.themigrationstory.com #migration #drunkdriving #migrantworkers
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India's first migration newsroom dedicated to mapping the stories of the country's 140 million internal migrants through compelling reportage and data. Reach us at: [email protected]
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In the Wayanad landslide, many migrants are estimated to have lost their lives and also their identity documents, a big hurdle for them or their families to claim any compensation. But those are only some of the many challenges they face currently. Watch our report on the unfolding crisis where Benoy Peter lends perspective on the possible scale of this landslide's impact. Video producers: Prakhar Dobhal Swara Garge Footage: Jais Jacob You can also follow our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/diAFGduB #wayanad #wayanadlandslide #migration #migrantworkers
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The Indian Ocean is being pushed to a near-permanent heatwave state, according to a recent study by Roxy Mathew Koll. Warming oceans will have a devastating impact on some of India's poorest, those living near the coastline and those dependent on the fisheries sector for a living. Watch this video explainer by Rishabh Shrivastava and Nidhi Jamwal to understand marine heatwaves and their impact. IITM Pune #jobs #marineheatwaves #fisheries #corals #coralreefs
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Have you heard of *Agarias*? They are traditional salt farmers who migrate from nearby and distant districts of Gujarat to the salt pans of the Little Rann of Kutch to harvest salt, a labour and cost-intensive process that stretches for over eight months. Though engaged in a time, labour and cost intensive exercise, the agariyas have remained poor for generations and often in debt, largely owing to the use of expensive diesel. However, a solar revolution on the salt pans about five years ago has helped them cut expenses and clear debts. This community has for generations inherited this profession of harvesting salt and debt at birth from their parents, but the energy transition is now enabling them to protect and even improve their incomes and lifestyles. Read the full story by Suchak Patel here: www.themigrationstory.com #justtransition #saltmakers #migration #renewableenergy #solarenergy
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Our story by Esha Roy on the impact of brick kilns' closure on migrant workers, is republished by Climate Home News. This story explored how the transition to greener processes to cut emissions is unaffordable for many owners of polluting brick kilns, and how their closure was forcing workers to move from one kiln to another. We are thrilled for our story to feature on this platform as it will garner more engagement on the subject by climate professionals and inform dialogue around just transition. Reporting on this story was supported by Purpose Gurpriya Singh Divya Gajria
On the outskirts of New Delhi, the four-month brick-making season is ending, and migrant worker Munna Majnu is preparing for the arduous 1,560-km journey home to Cooch Behar, in far northeastern West Bengal. Brick kilns account for 6-7% of Delhi’s emissions of particulate matter, which contains black carbon (soot), according to government officials and researchers with India’s Centre for Science and Environment. Since 2016, measures have been imposed on the kilns in stages, to cut pollution and help combat the capital’s toxic air. They include shifting the location of some kilns, mandating new, more energy-efficient technology, and last year banning the use of coal to fire the kilns. A story made in partnership with The Migration Story.
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Several small traders who had migrated to Ayodhya decades ago, drawn to it for the love of God and business potential it offered, are returning to their villages, having lost their shops to the town’s recent redevelopment, according to a local traders’ union that has over 1000 members. The union estimates that a quarter of the nearly 1000 small shop owners who lost their shops to the road widening project have since migrated to their villages in the past 10 months. Among them is Rakesh Kumar Pandey, who lost his small shop of pooja items returned to his village, about 35km from Ayodhya, 10 months ago. “We are small businessmen, and this is all we had,” he said. Do read the full story here: www.themigrationstory.com Reporting by Jigyasa Mishra
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The development blitzkrieg in #Ayodhya, has led to mixed outcomes. New roads and shops have improved livelihoods of some, but small shopkeepers face displacement and financial hardship. From thriving markets to struggling livelihoods; read more about the transformation of this holy town and its impact in our latest story by Jigyasa Mishra Full story: https://lnkd.in/dZQN2Edp #migration #Ayodhya #smalltraders
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The Migration Story founder Roli Srivastava spoke on the impact of climate change on India's most vulnerable communities - ranging from loss of health to wages - at the research symposium 'Insights' organised by WRI India earlier this month in Delhi. It was an insightful discussion with fellow panelists including Bhargav Krishna Anjali Mahendra moderated by Lubaina Rangwala and Sahana Goswami and gave a unique opportunity for stories from the ground find a place in WRI's wider engagement to move the needle on sustainable urban transitions to low-carbon, equitable, and prosperous cities in India. #climatechange #migrantworkers #migration #risingheat #climatemitigation
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How do you make climate storytelling interesting? How do you connect climate change with people most impacted? The founders of The Migration Story held sessions last week on climate storytelling in Mumbai and Coimbatore. Roli Srivastava held a workshop on making climate storytelling effective for candidates selected for the Green Yodha fellowship by UNICEF India, Maharashtra Youth for Climate Action MYCA and WeNaturalists in Mumbai. Anuradha Nagaraj conducted a session on how to tell stories connecting climate change, renewable energy sector and people impacted by the changes organised by the Earth Journalism Network in Coimbatore. These were important sessions for The Migration Story's founders to discuss not just the work getting published on www.themigrationstory.com but also the importance of using the climate justice lens while reporting or communicating on these critical subjects. Yusuf Kabir Priyanka Shendage BALAJI VHARKAT #justtransition #training #speakingengagements #climatestorytelling
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