The Migration Story

Heirloom seeds take root, arrest migration in the small villages of Madhya Pradesh. Until a few years ago, dwindling crop yields owing to patchy rain and rising heat had forced many farmers in the villages of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh to migrate to cities in Gujarat and Rajasthan, to seek work at construction sites. “Migration was inevitable. We were not even able to grow enough to feed our families; there was nothing left to sell," a farmer said. But an heirloom seed bank initiative has revived farms, improved yields and arrested distress migration, reports Aishwarya Mohanty. https://lnkd.in/dGZSHprn #migration #climatechange #agriculture #farming #risingheat #distress #solutions #backtoroots #heirloomseeds

Our story on rising seas impacting marriage prospects of young men in a coastal village in Odisha by Aishwarya Mohanty is part of a climate migration series that we have collaborated on with Rainmatter Foundation. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gvSZe5Qf #collaboration #climatechange #migration

Who is paying the price of going green in the absence of a just transition plan? Do watch our latest video on brick kiln workers, whose livelihoods are most at risk as kilns shut shop in NCR owing to expensive greening measures to clear up Delhi's toxic air. Reporting supported by Purpose's Buniyaad initiative Video story and production by Deekshith Pai Reporting and footage: Esha Roy #justtransition #migration #migrantworkers #informalworkers

Brick kilns are a heavily polluting industry, but they are also big employers of seasonal migrants. Efforts to clean up Delhi's air have led to greening measures for brick kilns, that dot the outskirts of Delhi and NCR. But these are unaffordable for many kiln owners who have been forced to shut shop. The green norms are indeed helping clear Delhi's air, but in the absence of a proper transition plan for owners and workers, the sector is floundering. Read our latest ground report by Esha Roy from the brick kilns of Ghaziabad where more than half the kilns have closed, according to officials. This is the third and concluding part of a series, supported by Buniyaad, a movement for a just transition in the brick kiln sector, of Purpose. Gurpriya Singh Divya Gajria https://lnkd.in/dj_a_Qus #migration #emissions #Delhiair #pollution #justtransition

The Migration Story's ground reports by Anumeha Yadav on the country's poorest battling a relentless heatwave feature in senior journalist Kalpana Sharma's column for Newslaundry. "It is their story that we in the media must tell because ultimately the crisis the world faces with a rapidly warming planet will affect everyone," she writes, citing our ground report from a Delhi heat ward where migrant worker Rohit was battling for his life, and another on women brick kiln workers. At The Migration Story, we are telling stories that mainstream the migrant worker's voice, and this attention from a senior journalist will take their challenges to a wider audience. https://lnkd.in/d8P79k2U

Seven of eight women street vendors in Delhi have experienced high blood pressure and women in the middle age group have expressed concerns about delays in their menstrual cycles due to extreme heat, according to Greepeace India's latest report 'Heatwave Havoc: Investigating the Impact on Street Vendors'. "It is essential to highlight how escalating ecological vulnerabilities and extreme weather events disproportionately impact India's workforce... Despite the gravity and extent of the disaster, it is astonishing that heatwaves are not currently classified as a notified disaster in our country", write Selomi Garnaik and Amruta S N in our 'By Invitation' column. The Migration Story's focus on the unequal impact of rising heat on the country's poorest continues. Do read this important column. Column link: https://lnkd.in/dvrGaHTT Pic credit: Vinit Gupta #migration #climatechange #heat #heatmitigation

Our second story from the ongoing series on brick kiln workers gets republished by IndiaSpend Hindi. Thanks Karthik Madhavapeddi Saurabh Sharma for taking this important story by Anumeha Yadav to a wider audience, and the community of workers that it focusses on. Hindi version: https://lnkd.in/dDPU95YP Read in English here: https://lnkd.in/dGShC3nu Reporting supported by Buniyad movement of Purpose Gurpriya Singh Divya Gajria

'Rohit lay alone on Bed Number 4 on Thursday morning, dressed in a pair of shorts and a vest, with tubes running down his dark, thin face. His heartbeat was racing at 170 per minute, his blood pressure ‘beyond safe limits’, said doctors who were attending to him. His chances of recovery were poor, said the junior resident doctor treating him.' Migrant workers are the biggest casualty of the record-breaking heatwave in northern India. Read Anumeha Yadav's stellar ground report from a heat ward in Delhi's Safdarjung hospital, where migrant workers fight a lonely battle for survival. https://lnkd.in/dCgdYAn8 #Delhiheatwave #SafdarjungHospital #migrantworkers #Risingheat

Over the past few months, we have brought to you the journeys of migrant workers Sanjib Naik, Rajesh Ravidas, Hemant Kalindi and Barkha Kumari as part of the Montages of Migration series of the Policy & Development Advisory Group (PDAG). The PDAG led the Jharkhand Migration Survey and its researchers fleshed out the journeys of some migrants, telling their stories of resilience and hope for a better life in engaging formats in collaboration with The Migration Story. This map captured Sanjib Naik's multiple journeys over nearly two decades to earn a living. Check out the full series here: https://lnkd.in/dRTCk79g #migration #resilience #storiesofresilience

We re-publish Namrata Joshi's brilliant essay that first appeared in The New Indian Express on how migration is emerging as a central theme in films at international film festivals. Read the essay here: www.themigrationstory.com #migration #cinema #filmfestivals #cannes #PayalKapadia #AllWeImagineAsLight