Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday chaired a meeting on the COVID-19 situation in Pune and asked officials to make arrangements to send migrants by special trains, the cost of which will be borne by the state government or through CSR funds.
Send migrants by trains, Maharashtra Dy CM tells Pune officials
Adressing a COVID-19 meeting with officials on Friday, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on Friday said that the state will make special arrangements for the migrant workers to send them back home.
Ajit Pawar
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He also asked them to enforce lockdown in the district strictly, and deploy State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) men if needed. As on Friday, Pune district has 2,572 COVID-19 cases. (PTI report)