Jamshedpur, May 10: About 1234 migrant labourers who returned in a special train from Gujarat at Tatanagar railway station on Sunday evening. About 95 per cent workers were residents of various villages in West Singhbhum district. The administration had made arrangements for 40 buses to help the returnees reach their respective villages.
Several help desks and kiosks have been made at the railway station to guide the workers returning to their village. A team of 17 doctors examined those returned. The workers were advised for home quarantine for next 14 days.
The police force were instructed to make all necessary arrangements and precautions for the return journey of migrant workers in the city amid coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown.
�A team under police officers have been deployed to convey the message to the migrant workers. All district police chiefs have been instructed to keep police teams in standby in case a law and order situation arises
“We are appealing to all those returning is to listen to the district authorities. There should not be any problems. Everyone who returned, will be sent to their villages,� said the official.
About a month into lockdown, the home ministry has relaxed lockdown measures to allow movement of migrant workers across states but with strict health protocols.
Listing the conditions, the ministry said all states and union territories should designate nodal authorities and develop standard protocols for receiving and sending such stranded persons.
Those returned on a special train returned on a special bus to the city in the evening and after collection of their swabs at Loyola School in Bistupur they were sent to home quarantine.
The workers, who returned home were in a mood to go back home. “We are really very happy to return home.
This coronavirus lockdown has not only denied us work but also separated us from our family,” said one worker.
