No fares for migrants, states, railways to provide food: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered the states and railways to pay the fare of the migrant labourers,, whose plight has become one of the abiding images of the 60-day countrywide lockdown to control coronavirus. The railways, the court also said, will have to arrange for food and water for the migrants as long as they are on the trains.

 

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The states, three bench said, will be in charge of overseeing the registration of migrant workers and ensure that they board a train or bus. They should also provide food and water to migrant workers who are stranded in the state.
Migrant workers found walking home should immediately be taken to shelters and provided food and all facilities. Complete information should be published to all concerned,” the judges added.

 

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The court also said that no fare for train or bus should be charged from the migrant workers. The fare will be shared by the states.

 

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The court’s intervention came amid a huge political battle between the Centre and a few opposition-rule states. Maharashtra, which has an especially large number of migrants, has been locked in a tussle with the railway ministry since the weekend. While the state has accused the Centre of not making trains available the centre alleges it has the trains, but the state has not done its homework or provided passengers.

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