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Send migrants home in fortnight
- 15 days enough to transport migrant workers: SC
- The Apex court to pronounce the order on June 9
New Delhi: Commencing hearing on the plight of stranded migrant workers due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the Supreme Court on Friday said it intended to give a 15-day deadline to the Centre and states for transporting all such labourers back to their native places. The court, which had taken suo motu cognizance of the issue, will now pronounce the order on June 9.
"What we intend to do is give you and states 15 days to transport all migrants. States should bring on record how they will provide employment and other kinds of relief to migrants who returned. There should be a registration of migrants," Justice Ashok Bhushan told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
Mehta informed the Bench, which also comprised Justices SK Kaul and MR Shah, that till June 3, over 4,200 'Shramik Special' trains have been deployed to transport migrant workers to their native places. He also informed the court 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.
