1.92L migrants set to return to Haryana

Bhartesh Singh Thakur
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 2

A total of 1.92 lakh people, registered with the government, are set to return to the state. As a majority of them will come by trains, health teams are stationed at railway stations for screening them. The government allowed online registration till May 26.

A total of 74,785 (38.9%) are coming from Bihar, 56,304 (29.3%) from Uttar Pradesh, 9,740 (5.1%) from West Bengal, 8,577 (4.5%) from Rajasthan and 7,668 (4%) from Delhi.

People are also coming from Puducherry (50), Sikkim (36), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (32), Mizoram (23), Ladakh (14), Daman and Diu (8) and Lakshadweep (5).

“Every passenger coming from outside will be screened at the railway station and only then allowed to proceed. Health teams are stationed at railway stations across the state,” said Health Minister Anil Vij.

Meanwhile, 12.38 lakh people have registered online for leaving the state, 82.9% of them for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. A total of 5.13 lakh (41.5%) are going to Bihar, 4.79 lakh (38.7%) to Uttar Pradesh, 78,333 (6.3%) to Madhya Pradesh, 63,547 (5.1%) to West Bengal and 29,181 (2.4%) to Jharkhand.

“Migrants will be back. They do not have the capacity to stay at their native places for long. Some have not been received with warmth. Unlocking has started, but it is staggered. We have to increase their confidence in the economy, social networking and governance,” said Prof Aswini Kumar Nanda, migration expert.