Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that he has talked to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and has urged him for special train facility if the Central Government gives instructions to bring back stranded labourers and students of Jharkhand in various parts of the country. The CM said that after such direction from the Centre the Railway Ministry should help the State government.

The CM said that the students and labourers of the State, who are trapped due to lockdown in other states want to come back home. “The State government is constantly being urged by his family members to bring them back. Constant pressure is being put on the government to make arrangements for the return of our children and labourers by the guardians of children, relatives of labourers, people's representatives like other states. The Government wants to bring back the students and labourers, but is unable to do so due to the respect and compliance of the order of the Government of India,” he said.

The CM said that by May 3, 2020, if the Central Government issues guidelines to bring them back, then through proper means they will be brought back to the State. “If the guidelines from the Central Government are not issued after May 3, then the State Government will take necessary decisions. In this regard, the Prime Minister has been conveyed through a letter. State Government is following the guidelines of the Central Government in bringing the migrant labourers and students trapped in other states, and no law is being violated,” he added.

Soren, while interacting with MPs and MLAs of Santhal Pargana region said that there is a need to establish a system of social policing in the State. “For this work, the work of connecting social people like Manki, Munda, Parganait, Gram Pradhan etc should be done. The benefit of social policing system will be available even after the current time and lockdown ends. After the lockdown opens, a large number of labourers will come to Jharkhand and their cooperation in their maintenance and quarantine system will prove important. With the establishment of social policing system, it would be convenient to coordinate many important works,” said he.

The CM said that many relief works are being done by the State government to deal with coronavirus infection in all the districts of the State. A letter has been sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs to form a committee of local public representatives for monitoring all these works. As soon as the guidelines are received from the Ministry of Home Affairs, a committee of public representatives will be formed in the state. The formation of the committee will facilitate the local legislators to reach out to the needy in their area. This will bring transparency and uniformity in all works.    

Soren discussed with the MPs and MLAs of Santal Pargana the measures to control the corona virus (Covid-19) infection in their areas. The CM asked the MPs and MLAs of Santhal Parganas that all the people's representatives should keep in mind that the lockdown is strictly enforced in their areas. The CM said that everyone in their areas should be cautious about the fact that no person can move from one area to another, ensure compliance.

Minister Haji Hussain Ansari, Dumka MP Sunil Soren, MLA Pradeep Yadav, Deepika Pandey Singh, Amit Kumar Mandal, Lobin Hembram, Randhir Singh, Narayan Das in their respective areas before Chief Minister Hemant Soren discussed in detail the work going on and also kept their suggestions.

Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, OSD to the Chief Minister, Gopalji Tiwari, Press Advisor to the Chief Minister, Abhishek Prasad, Sr Pvt Secretary to CM Sunil Srivastava were present on the occasion.