Reporters Without Orders Ep 162: Chhattisgarh gunfight and impact of lockdown on daily workers

This episode is hosted by Akanksha Kumar, who is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal, Tanishka Sodhi, and Diksha Munjal.

The conversation starts with the recent gunfight in Chhattisgarh between security forces and Maoists. Prateek had interviewed Bastar police chief P Sundarraj on the attack, and says, “The army had clear input that battalion number 1 of Naxals has movement in the South Bastar region.” He thinks the incident cannot be blamed on an intelligence failure and adds that the attack shouldn’t be compared to the 2010 Dantewada attack.

Tanishka and Diksha discuss their report on daily wage workers employed on the sets of Mumbai’s film city. The workers had described their lockdown ordeal last year and how they’re worried about a second lockdown. “Since it was not work from home, the workers had to be present on the sets, be it spot boys or assistants,” Tanishka explains. 

Diksha says there’s a need for a “database of migrants” or “at least a recognition that we have so many people that we have to cater to in case such an emergency comes”. She adds: “A lot of them are invisible, they are not counted anywhere.”

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. 

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