Crackdown on illegal immigrants in Lucknow strains low-income communities
Lucknow's push to find illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants is making life tough for many low-income residents.
People are being asked to show their identity documents again and again, which isn't easy if you don't have all the documents handy.
Things got even more tense when 160 sanitation workers disappeared during ID checks.
How local agencies are handling it
The Municipal Corporation says it's collecting IDs from private cleaning agencies, while police and intelligence teams focus on spotting illegal immigrants.
Despite the confusion, officials have managed to verify Aadhaar details for 2,100 workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar so far.
Lions Enviro, one of the main cleaning companies, says they've checked all their employees' documents and shared the list with authorities.