Migrant Workers’ Resistance Map

Documenting Migrant Workers’ Resistance across India

हिन्दी English বাংলা

(Click on a circle on the map to view details of that protest.)

INDIA

*Size of each circle corresponds to estimated number of protestors. For better view, go to full screen mode.

158
Protests Documented
100110
Estimated Total No. of Protestors

Protests by Category


*Each protest may raise multiple demands.

Resistance Data Table


Date Location State Estimated No of Protestors Demands News Link
02-05-2020Velachery, ChennaiTamil Nadu300Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Tumkur road, Tumkur Karnataka 1000Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Koyambedu, ChennaiTamil Nadu1000Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Alapakkam, ChennaiTamil Nadu1000Going Home,Link
06-05-2020Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO), Sriharikota, NelloreAndhra Pradesh 1000Food,Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Kudankulam, TirunelveliTamil Nadu1500Going Home,Link
08-05-2020Bhagwanpur, VaishaliBihar50Food,Link
08-05-2020Shambhuganj, BankaBihar88Food,OtherLink
09-05-2020Mora, Hazira, SuratGujarat500Going Home,Link
10-04-2020Diamond Nagar, SuratGujarat1000Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
14-04-2020Varachha, SuratGujarat500Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
29-03-2020Pandesara, SuratGujarat500Going Home,Link
28-04-2020Diamond Bourse, Khajod, SuratGujarat400Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
09-05-2020Kudankulam, TirunelveliTamil Nadu800Wage,Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Khadarpet, TiruppurTamil Nadu500Food,Going Home,Link
28-04-2020Dindholi, Surat Gujarat500Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Sathuvachari, VelloreTamil Nadu400Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
29-04-2020Udhna Magdalla Road, SuratGujarat200Going Home,OtherLink
05-05-2020Vengaivasal, ChennaiTamil Nadu500Going Home,Link
02-05-2020Kothipura, BilaspurHimachal Pradesh1000Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
03-05-2020Tolichowki, HyderabadTelangana 1000Going Home,Link
01-05-2020Wadapally, Nalgonda Telangana 100Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Ramco Cement Plant, Kilimigundla, KurnoolAndhra Pradesh 1000Wage,Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Kovvur, West GodavariAndhra Pradesh 300Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Yadadri Thermal Power Plant, NalgondaTelangana 1000Wage,Going Home,Link
06-05-2020Gangavaram Port Road, VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh 300Wage,Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Suncity Township, GurugramHaryana500Wage,Going Home,Link
05-05-2020Koritepadu, GunturAndhra Pradesh 200Wage,Going Home,Link
05-05-2020Renigunta, ChittoorAndhra Pradesh 100Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
03-05-2020Bijasan, BarwaniMadhya Pradesh 1000Going Home,Link
05-05-2020Khanapuram Haveli Industrial Area, KhammamTelangana 500Going Home,Link
03-05-2020NTPC, Ramagundam, PeddapalliTelangana 1000Going Home,Link
30-04-2020Ramagundam, PeddapalliTelangana 300Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
05-05-2020Kodiyathoor, KozhikodeKerala 300Food,Going Home,Link
30-04-2020Chattiparambu, MallapuramKerala 100Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
08-05-2020Nagla Beni, EtawahUttar Pradesh 100Wage,Link
07-05-2020Koothattukulam, ErnakulamKerala 500Food,Going Home,Link
08-05-2020AIIMS, Mangalgiri, GunturAndhra Pradesh 600Going Home,Link
07-05-2020Veliyankode, MallapuramKerala 500Going Home,Link
07-05-2020Perumpadappu, MallapuramKerala 500Going Home,Link
08-05-2020Asansol, Paschim BardhamanWest Bengal400Going Home,Link
06-05-2020Pedagantyada, VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh 200Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
06-05-2020Chimakurthy, PrakasamAndhra Pradesh 2000Going Home,Link
07-05-2020Payyanur, KannurKerala500Going Home,Link
29-03-2020Paippad, KottayamKerala 1000Food,Going Home,Link
09-05-2020Bhawanimandi, JhalawarRajasthan300Wage,Link
08-05-2020Raniganj, Paschim BardhamanWest Bengal500Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Kadodara, SuratGujarat2000Going Home,Link
30-04-2020VadodaraGujarat100Going Home,Link
09-05-2020Bhilwara Textile Hub, BhilwaraRajasthan1250Wage,Link
01-05-2020Maslia, BankuraWest Bengal1200Wage,Going Home,Link
03-05-2020RajkotGujarat1000Food,Link
04-05-2020Yamunanagar, Yamunanagar DistrictHaryana100Going Home,Link
08-05-2020AhmedabadGujarat300Going Home,Link
08-05-2020Kapasera Border, GurugramHaryana1000Going Home,Link
03-05-2020Khoh, Manesar, GurugramHaryana300Going Home,Link
23-03-2020Samardung, South SikkimSikkim150OtherLink
04-05-2020Jind, Jind DistrictHaryana200Going Home,Link
25-03-2020Mamring, South SikkimSikkim150OtherLink
27-03-2020Ranipool, East SikkimSikkim200OtherLink
08-05-2020Chinab Textile Mill, KathuaJammu and Kashmir2000Wage,Link
03-05-2020Dhandari, LudhianaPunjab300OtherLink
14-04-2020Mumbra, ThaneMaharasthra300Going Home,Link
11-04-2020Kashmere Gate, North DelhiDelhi300Food,Link
09-05-2020Focal Point Industrial Area, AmritsarPunjab200Going Home,Link
06-05-2020Alipurduar, Alipurduar DistrictWest Bengal 100Food,Going Home,OtherLink
14-04-2020Bandra, MumbaiMaharashtra1200Going Home,Link
29-03-2020Pattambi, PalakkadKerala400Food,Going Home,Link
30-03-2020Perumbavoor, ErnakulamKerala 500Food,Going Home,Link
29-04-2020IIT Hyderabad, SangareddyTelangana 2400Wage,Going Home,Link
02-05-2020Halol check post, Waghodia, VadodaraGujarat200Going Home,Link
30-04-2020Sendhwa, BarwaniMadhya Pradesh500Food,Going Home,Link
12-04-2020Kalimpong, Kalimpong DistrictWest Bengal60OtherLink
13-04-2020Mirik, DarjeelingWest Bengal100Wage,Food,OtherLink
14-04-2020Rungmook Tea Garden, DarjeelingWest Bengal12Wage,Food,OtherLink
16-04-2020Cedars Tea Estate, DarjeelingWest Bengal50Wage,OtherLink
04-05-2020Lal Darwaza, AhmedabadGujarat150Going Home,OtherLink
04-05-2020Palanpur, SuratGujarat500OtherLink
02-05-2020Bomanahalli, Bangalore UrbanKarnataka 200Wage,Going Home,Link
03-05-2020Bomanahalli, Bangalore UrbanKarnataka1000Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
08-05-2020Satish Dhawan Space Centre (ISRO), Sriharikota, Nellore Andhra Pradesh 2000Wage,Food,Going Home,Link
17-04-2020Pathankot DistrictPunjab1200Going Home,Link
20-04-2020JNU, South West DelhiDelhi50Wage,Link
16-04-2020Junoni, Sangola, SolapurMaharashtra1000Wage,Link
09-05-2020Sindri, DhanbadJharkhand200Wage,Link
09-05-2020Chasnala, DhanbadJharkhand200Wage,Link
10-05-2020Focal Point Industrial Area, LudhianaPunjab500OtherLink
09-05-2020Araria, Araria DistrictBihar50Link
09-05-2020Babubardhi, MadhubaniBihar50Food,Link
06-05-2020Harlakhi, Madhubani Bihar30Food,Link
05-05-2020Jamui, Jamui DistrictBihar100Link
29-04-2020Ambuja Cement factory, Mundwa, NagaurRajasthan2500Food,Going Home,OtherLink
09-05-2020Industrial Area Mills, Niwai, TonkRajasthan100Going Home,Link
01-05-2020Behror, NeemranaRajasthan400Wage,Food,OtherLink
07-05-2020Parkote, KotaRajasthan350Food,OtherLink
07-05-2020Banswara DistrictRajasthan40Going Home,Link
11-05-2020Nahari Ka Naka, JaipurRajasthan1000Food,Going Home,OtherLink
18-05-2020Berhampore Mohona Bus Stand, MurshidabadWest Bengal150Going Home,OtherLink
15-05-2020AIIMS Bathinda, BathindaPunjab200Wage,Going Home,Link
18-05-2020IIM-A Campus, Vastrapur, AhmedabadGujarat100Wage,Going Home,OtherLink
22-05-2020Chandauli, ChandauliUttar Pradesh300Going Home,OtherLink
23-05-2020Unnao Railway Station, UnnaoUttar Pradesh200Going Home,OtherLink
22-05-2020Varanasi Junction, VaranasiUttar Pradesh400Going Home,OtherLink
22-05-2020Kanpur Central Railway Station, KanpurUttar Pradesh300Going Home,OtherLink
22-05-2020Faizabad Junction Railway Station, FaizabadUttar Pradesh200Going Home,OtherLink
23-05-2020Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Station, ChandauliUttar Pradesh300Going Home,OtherLink
10-05-2020Rachagunneri, ChittoorAndhra Pradesh1500Going Home,OtherLink
17-05-2020Farah, MathuraUttar Pradesh2500Going Home,Link
15-04-2020Rajatalab, VaranasiUttar Pradesh100Going Home,Link
12-05-2020Basti Jodhewal, LudhianaPunjab500Going Home,OtherLink
16-05-2020Chakghat, RewaMadhya Pradesh600Going Home,OtherLink
17-05-2020Shapar, RajkotGujarat1000Going Home,Link
20-05-2020Salapur Khera, South West DelhiDelhi300OtherLink
28-04-2020Doom Dooma, TinsukiaAssam1000Wage,OtherLink
17-05-2020Mapusa, North GoaGoa900Going Home,Link
18-05-2020Kannur Railway Station, KannurKerala100Going Home,OtherLink
04-05-2020Jorian, YamunanagarHaryana300Wage,Going Home,Link
19-05-2020Jagadhri, YamunanagarHaryana200Going Home,Link
23-05-2020Radaur, YamunanagarHaryana300Going Home,Link
15-04-2020Pandol Industrial Area, SuratGujarat300OtherLink
16-04-2020Pandesara, SuratGujarat100OtherLink
02-05-2020Tellapur, MedakTelangana3000Wage,Going Home,OtherLink
02-05-2020Jaggayyapeta, Krishna DistrictAndhra Pradesh1000Wage,Going Home,Link
10-05-2020Pansal, BhilwaraRajasthan500Going Home,Link
09-05-2020Tenali, GunturAndhra Pradesh50Going Home,OtherLink
08-05-2020Polavaram, West Godavari DistrictAndhra Pradesh1000Going Home,Link
09-05-2020Polavaram, West Godavari DistrictAndhra Pradesh500Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Trikuta Nagar, JammuJammu and Kashmir400Food,Going Home,Link
05-05-2020RaigadMaharashtra1000Food,Link
04-05-2020Shaikpet, HyderabadTelangana500Wage,Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Peenya, Banglore UrbanKarnataka4000Going Home,Link
10-05-2020Oruvathilkotta, ThiruvananthapuramKerala700Going Home,Link
04-05-2020Kayilandi, Kozhikode districtKerala200Going Home,OtherLink
04-05-2020Payyoli, Kozhikode districtKerala100Going Home,Link
11-05-2020Nahari ka Naka, Shastri Nagar, JaipurRajasthan2000Food,Going Home,Link
08-05-2020Mangaluru Railway Station, Dakshina Kannada DistrictKarnataka1000Going Home,Link
12-05-2020Ginni International Ltd, RIICO Industrial Area, Behror, Neemrana, AlwarRajasthan600Wage,Going Home,OtherLink
11-05-2020Nirma Limited Chemical Plant, Kala Talav, BhavnagarGujarat200Going Home,Link
13-05-2020Gandhidham, KutchGujarat1000Going Home,Link
13-05-2020Nagpada, MumbaiMaharashtra1000Going Home,Link
13-05-2020Jolva, Dahej, BharuchGujarat400Wage,Going Home,Link
13-05-2020Maharaja Shree Umaid Mill, PaliRajasthan500Wage,Link
17-05-2020SaharanpurUttar Pradesh3000Going Home,Link
14-05-2020Bijasan Ghat Fort, Sendhwa, BarwaniMadhya Pradesh2000Food,Going Home,Link
17-05-2020Chakghat, RewaMadhya Pradesh500Going Home,Link
12-05-2020Ichalkaranji, KolhapurMaharashtra300Going Home,Link
20-05-2020Yashodhara Nagar Police Station, NagpurMaharashtra100Going Home,OtherLink
12-05-2020Barwani, Barwani DistrictMadhya Pradesh800Going Home,Link
15-05-2020Satna, Satna DistrictMadhya Pradesh2500Going Home,OtherLink
29-03-2020Coimbatore, Coimbatore DistrictTamil Nadu130OtherLink
19-05-2020Hampankatta, Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada DistrictKarnataka400Going Home,Link
06-05-2020Mangaluru City Corporation office, Dakshina KannadaKarnataka1000Going Home,Link
15-05-2020Uppinagadi Village, Mangaluru, Dakshina KannadaKarnataka200Going Home,Link
23-04-2020Tumkur, Tumakuru DistrictKarnataka300Going Home,Link
14-05-2020Shiroli, KolhapurMaharashtra700Going Home,Link
03-05-2020Sendhwa, BarwaniMadhya Pradesh400Going Home,Link
15-05-2020Botad, BotadGujarat400Going Home,Link
15-05-2020Dahej, BharuchGujarat150Going Home,Link

The COVID-19 crisis in India has made the migrant workers visible in public discourse. But the dominant narratives have made them visible as subjects of compassion, as perpetual victims seeking help of others and not as active makers of our society, not as rightful citizens, not as resisting political subjects who can challenge the oppressive conditions surrounding them.

The ‘Migrant Workers’ Resistance Map’ is an attempt to document acts of resistance by migrant workers since the beginning of the lockdown. Within our limited human and technical capacity, we have collated information and designed this map. While we launch the map, we acknowledge that it is far from giving a fully representative picture of the nature and spread of migrant workers protests both geographically and temporally and the possibility of bias in collecting information and understanding what qualifies as ‘resistance’. Let us collaborate.

Add new information of resistance to the map: Fill this form.

Also, for any comments, suggestions, technical or otherwise, send us an email at migrantresistance.mwsn@gmail.com or contact +91 8282827943