The migrant labourers keen on returning from Haryana, will be sent to their home states free of cost by the State Government within the next 7 days through 5,000 buses and 100 trains.
The entire expenditure on their transportation will be borne by the State Government, an official spokesperson said on Friday, adding that this was the commitment made by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
While the migrant labourers to Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Eastern Uttar Pradesh will be sent through 100 Special Shramik Trains, such labourers belonging to Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand will be sent by 5,000 buses, the spokesperson said.
He said that after the announcement made by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar that every stranded migrant labourer will be sent to their home states, 23,452 such labourers have so far been sent to their home States free of cost by various trains and buses arranged by the State Government.
"13,347 migrant labourers have been sent to Uttar Pradesh whereas 3,133 migrant labourers have been sent to Uttarakhand and 3,593 migrant labourers to Bihar," the spokesperson said.
He added that 2,549 migrant labourers have been sent to Madhya Pradesh, 435 migrant labourers to Rajasthan, 221 to Punjab, 54 to Himachal Pradesh, 46 to Kerala, 32 to Assam, 23 to Maharashtra and 19 migrant labourers to Gujarat.