Normalcy returning, Migrant labourers choosing to stay back, DC Girish Dayalan

Only 866 migrant workers board today’s train to Motihari in Bihar*

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S.A.S.Nagar (Mohali) 24-May-2020

In what could be seen as the sign of normalcy returning in the district, The train which left the Mohali Railway Station today saw only 866 migrant workers going back to their  home State. Today, the train left for Motihari Station in Bihar.The Deputy Commissioner Mr. Girish Dayalan said that earlier the number of migrant workers making a return to  home states from the district varied between1300-1600 on average but owing to the opening up of the industrial sector and the allowing of the construction activities, a large of  migrant population is choosing to stay back.Supporting his argument, he said that till date, out of more than 55,000 migrants contacted, less  than half i.e. only 26239 have gone  back which brings out the fact that the drop off rate is on the increase. The Deputy Commissioner has appealed that all the migrant workers who want to stay back, are most  welcome to do so while those who still want to go back to their home states, would be sent at the earliest.