14:38 June 05
SC reserves hearing on migrant workers issue till Tuesday; mulls giving 15 days to Centre, states
New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on the migrant workers issue till Tuesday while proposing 15 days' time to be given to the Centre and states for transporting all stranded migrant workers to their native places.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that till June 3, over 4,200 Shramik Special' trains have been deployed to transport migrant workers to their native places.
Mehta said that till now over one crore migrant workers have been transported to their destinations and most of the trains ended up in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
The hearing comes days after the top court took suo moto cognisance of the issue and passed several orders to help migrants reach home.
On May 28, the top court had directed that the migrant workers wanting to return to their home states will not be charged train or bus fares and those stranded across the country will be provided food free of cost by the authorities concerned.
With PTI inputs
