Journalism of Courage
Several migrants assembled at the Ram Lila Maidan in Ghaziabad, UP to board buses for home on Monday. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The migrants were segregated by their destinations before they were sent home by buses.( Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
In a renewed push to return to their homes, thousands of migrants continued to walk for several kilometres. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Weary of waiting for their names to appear on lists for trains that are being run by the Railways to take them back home, or just running around for the required documentation, many have decided it was better to start out on foot. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Migrants walk in the night in an interior road in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana. (Express Photograph by Tashi Tobgyal)
Migrants rest for the night at Ghazipur, Delhi-UP border.(Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The UP government Thursday announced that four trains from New Delhi to bring back stranded migrant workers would run daily and another three trains to Bihar daily. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The state government also said it would run trains starting Friday free of cost for migrant labours. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Migrants are often seen travelling with their families, that often includes children and in some cases infants. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Ravi, a migrant workers from UP works in Gurugram and sells vegetables. He with this family of eight are travelling back to Lucknow in a rickshaw. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastava)
After trying several ways to avail the services and trains provided by the government, he finally decided to make arrangements on his own. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastava)
