About 260,000 migrant labourers have been sent by over 60 Special Shramik trains and more than 5,000 Haryana Roadways buses to their home states and this process is still going on, ADGP CID, Anil Kumar Rao said on Saturday.
In a statement, he said this has been done that after the announcement made by Chief Minister, Manohar Lal to send stranded migrant labourers and agricultural labourers willing to return to their home states free of cost by Haryana Government,
An official spokesperson said that ADGP CID, Anil Rao interacted with passengers onboard the Special Shramik Train at Ambala Cantonment Railway Station, going to Barauni (Bihar).
He said that about 1631 migrant labourers and children have been sent to Barauni (Bihar) by this train
Similarly 1400 labourers from Gurugram were sent to Araria in Bihar, 1600 migrant labourers from Rewari to Purnia in Bihar, 1500 migrant labourers from Rohtak to Bhagalpur in Bihar and 958 labourers of Agartala in Tripura and Assam from Gurugram to Guwahati.
The spokesperson said that tn addition, through 284 buses, migrant labourers departed for their destination in Uttar Pradesh. He said that so far about 2.60 Lakh migrant labourers have been sent to their home states through 61 trains and 5000 buses from Haryana. Similarly, 11,418 labourers belonging to Haryana have returned from other states.
He said that apart from free of cost tickets, the concerned district administration provided these migrant labourers with food, water bottles, masks and sanitizers so that they do not face any difficulty regarding basic necessities on their journey. Apart from this, health checkups were also conducted at the railway station.