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Prabhakar Bhagyawant got 30 stitches after he fell 20 ft from a tractor transporting #sugarcane. He lost 45 work days, couldn’t work off a an advance payment. @iyerkavi on a debt bondage system that persists in #India's richest state economy
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“Neither the sugar factory nor the labour contractor will pay for medical expenses.” Bhagyawant, 39, of Dharur in #Beed, #Maharashtra, has migrated to #Karnataka for 20 years as #sugarcane harvest worker. The Rs 25,000 hospital bill will be recovered from his pay
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Cane harvest worker Adinath Sonawane died in 2020 in Pune district when a truck his his motorbike as he returned to the fields from the #sugar factory. Union leaders managed to get ex gratia payment for his family, but his wife Parvati can no longer find regular work
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#BombayHighCourt bench headed by #chiefjustice Dipankar Datta to hear a #PIL filed by advocate Sneha Marjadi highlighting #OxygenShortage in various govt-run and private #hospitals in #Mumbai. HC on Tuesday had asked the Centre, State and .@mybmc to come prepared 
In the last hearing, the bench had ordered the authorities to ensure there is consistent supply of #Oxygen and #Remdesivir, and to also ensure that the public at large is made aware that #Remdesivir isn't a 'MAGIC DRUG' and must be used sparingly
The Bench has assembled. Hearing begins
