MHA urges states and UTs to ensure no movement of migrant workers on roads

NEW DELHI: Union home ministry on Friday urged the States and UTs to ensure no movement of migrant workers on roads and railway tracks and directed them to counsel migrants to take special trains.

"It was advised that in case they are found in such condition, they should be appropriately counseled, taken to nearby shelters and provided with food, water till such time they are facilitated to board the special trains or buses to their native places. However, movement of migrant workers walking on roads, railway tracks and travelling in trucks is still being noticed in different parts of the country", the letter stated.

It further directed the states and UTs to widely disseminate the arrangements for travel in special buses, shramik special trains amongst the migrant workers and persuade, counsel them that they should not be walking when they can travel in buses and trains.


"With the cooperation of States and UTs, Ministry of Railways is running more than 100 shramik special trains per day and is ready to arrange additional trains as per their requirement. There should be no movement of migrant workers walking on roads and railway tracks and the same is facilitated through special buses or shramik special trains," MHA said.