Mission Homecoming

States send plans for bringing their stranded people back & demand reopening of the railway services

- Sushant Mehra in New Delhi, Rohit Kumar Singh in Patna, Dev Ankur Wadhawan in Jaipur, Kumar Abhishek in Lucknow and Satyajeet Kumar in Ranchi

The Delhi government has sought details from states about numbers of their migrant workers stranded in the national capital due to the coronavirus-forced lockdown and said it will make arrangements for their screening before they leave for their native places. According to an official, the government will set up medical camps where migrant workers and other people who are stranded here will have to undergo the screening process.

“The Delhi government and police are working on preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) on the movement of migrant labourers and other stranded people during the lockdown in pursuance of the Union Home Ministry guidelines on the matter,” he said.

“We are in talks with states and sought number of migrant workers and stranded people in Delhi. We will then make arrangements for medical camps for the screening of these people accordingly,” he said.

The government has also appointed nodal officers to address issues related to migrant workers.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the state government is in touch with other states. “The guidelines are clear that the state where there are migrant labourers will have to medically screen all of them before they leave the state. Taking them home will be arranged by the governments of their home states,” Jain said.