Jaipur: Due to the inadequate operation of trains and buses, the laborers trapped far away from home with no jobs or money are leaving for their states on foot.
In such a situation, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ordered that no migrant laborers should be seen walking on the roads or else the SDM and SHO of the area will be held responsible.
Ever since this warning, migrants have been lodged in shelter homes until arrangements are made for their travel.
To know their concerns, ETV Bharat decided to visit one such shelter in Jaipur's Kanota area.
This shelter houses workers mostly from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar.
When ETV Bharat reporter talked to these workers, it was learned that many were stuck in the shelter homes as they failed to get permission from their native states to go back home.
Migrant laborers of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal are experiencing this issue.
All the migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are leaving since they have the permission of their states, told one migrant worker.
Venting out their frustration, one migrant worker said that the Nitish-led government will have to face the consequences in the upcoming assembly elections if they are not timely taken back to their homes.
They even told that due to a lack of adequate resources and money, their life has become miserable.
Movement of migrant workers during the lockdown has become a humanitarian crisis with thousands of them being seen walking on roads and railway tracks ignoring government pleas to stay back at the place where they are.
At least 16 such people were mowed down by a goods' train in Maharashtra, while at least 100 others were killed in road accidents in different parts of the country.
The railways have so far run around 1,500 ''Shramik Special'' trains since May 1, ferrying over 17 lakh people from various parts of the country to different destinations.
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