The Migration Story
The Migration Story is an ambitious project to chronicle the journeys of India's vast migrant community.
Through compelling reportage and data, we aim to map the stories of the 140 million people who move from towns, villages, and cities to the nation's sprawling mega cities and industrial hubs in search of work.
This platform stands as India’s first dedicated migration newsroom, with a mission to bring the lives, struggles, aspirations and culture of migrants into the mainstream discourse, and a larger aim to influence policy and drive meaningful change.
Founders: Roli Srivastava & Anuradha Nagaraj
The Migration Story
Street vendors feel the heat of the coal cooking ban
Every winter, Delhi's smog triggers GRAP — the Graded Response Action Plan. When air quality hits "severe," Stage 3 and 4 restrictions kick in, banning all coal- and biomass-based cooking across the city. Fines range from ₹5,000 to ₹1 lakh. Equipment gets seized.
But Delhi's street food economy runs on coal. The Nankhatai sellers, the bhutta vendors, and the kebab makers of Nizamuddin and Chandni Chowk – together, they form an informal economy supporting tens of thousands of workers, most of whom are migrants from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. The Migration Story explores the lives of Delhi's street vendors during the anti-pollution curbs.
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