UP govt to send 12000 buses to bring back migrants from different states
New Delhi/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government is sending 12,000 buses to different states to bring back its stranded migrants amid the fourth phase of the anti-coronavirus lockdown.
According to reports, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked various state governments to provide a list of the people who need support to reach their hometown.
His government has directed the district authorities to provide the migrants with food and water once they enter Uttar Pradesh.
Adityanath has ordered to ensure that no migrants set out on foot or bicycles.
Besides, the Uttar Pradesh government has also booked 590 shramik special trains to ferry the migrants.
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Earlier, the UP government gave a go-ahead to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's request to run 1,000 buses for migrant workers.
The state government's office has sent a letter to the Congress leader seeking details of the buses and about their drivers.
Priyanka wrote a letter to Yogi Adityanath earlier seeking his permission to provide 1,000 buses to transport migrant labourers back to their homes.
She had sent the letter following a road accident in Auraiyya which claimed lives of 26 labourers.
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