Most migrant workers paid relief in Khammam district

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Amid the displacement of a multitude of migrant labourers due to coronavirus lockdown, the benevolence of philanthropists and timely intervention of the district administration is providing some relief, albeit temporarily, to the distressed. The district has an estimated number of 42,581 migrant workers mainly working in construction sites, farms, brick kilns and granite factories, including cutting and polishing units. Majority of them are from Maharashtra (24,521), Uttar Pradesh (3622), Odisha (2428), Chhattisgarh (2330), Madhya Pradesh (2064), Andhra Pradesh (1422), Rajasthan (1013), West Bengal (990), Bihar (654), Jharkhand (229) and Tamil Nadu (195).