Amidst controversy over railways charging trapped migrant laborers from Jharkhand according to the Government sources the State Government announced that it will bear the all rail expense for the safely home return of the workers.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) Chief and Food and Civic Supplies Minister, Rameshwar Oraon claimed that the State Congress Committee will bear the expenses of the migrant labourers for their safe return if Indian Railway will charge them for their return.
In order to do so JPCC constituted the State Coordinating Team on Wednesday for the safely return of migrant laborers of the State trapped in various part of the Country during ongoing lockdown.
The team contacted the migrant labourers for the second consecutive day, informed Spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad.
"Manas Sinha, VP Sharan, Ravindra Singh, Amulya Neeraj Khalkho and Satish Paul Munjini prepared a list of the laboerers in various states of the Country like Assam, Tripura, Goa, Dadar Nagar Haveli, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Orissa, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and contacted to bring back them. The committee members made list of 4000 workers with contact numbers and Aadhar card," said Prasad.
The Spokesperson further said that JPCC Working president, Manas Sinha informed that will hand over the prepared list to the Government on Friday and it will be requested to arrange the return of the laborers, whose entire travel expenses will be borne by the State Congress committee.