{"id":229821,"date":"2020-05-19T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T07:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=229821"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:04:25","slug":"covid-19-dispel-rumours-give-clarity-on-train-bus-departures-mha-to-states-district-authorities-must-give-their-requirements-to-railways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/19\/covid-19-dispel-rumours-give-clarity-on-train-bus-departures-mha-to-states-district-authorities-must-give-their-requirements-to-railways\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 | Dispel rumours, give clarity on train\/bus departures: MHA to States; District Authorities must give their requirements to Railways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a communication to the States, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has noted that fear of COVID-19 infection and apprehension of loss of livelihood are the main driving factors for the movement of stranded workers towards their homes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to mitigate the distress of migrant workers, the communication stresses on a number of measures that may be taken by the State governments, pro-actively in coordination with the Centre. These are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Operation of\u00a0<strong>more special trains<\/strong>\u00a0by pro-active coordination between States and with Ministry of Railways;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increase in number of buses<\/strong>\u00a0for transporting migrants; allowing entry of buses carrying migrants at inter-state border;<\/li>\n<li>More\u00a0<strong>clarity may be given about departure of trains\/ buses<\/strong>, as lack of clarity coupled with rumours caused unrest amongst the workers;<\/li>\n<li>Arrangement of\u00a0<strong>designated rest places<\/strong>, with adequate facilities for sanitation, food and healthcare, could be made by the States on routes where migrants are known to be already travelling on foot;<\/li>\n<li>District Authorities may\u00a0<strong>guide workers<\/strong>\u00a0moving on foot to designated rest places, nearby bus terminals or railway stations by arranging transportation;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Special attention<\/strong>\u00a0may be given to the specific requirements of women, children and elderly amongst the migrant workers;<\/li>\n<li>District Authorities<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>may involve<strong>\u00a0NGO<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>representatives<\/strong>\u00a0at rest places etc, to alleviate the notion of long quarantine at rest places. Workers may also be encouraged to remain at places where they are;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enlisting the migrants<\/strong>\u00a0with their addresses and contact numbers. This may be helpful in contact tracing in due course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The communication reiterates that District Authorities must ensure that no migrant worker has to resort to walking on roads or railway tracks to reach his\/her destination. They may request Ministry of Railways for running trains, as per requirement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/164.100.117.97\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/MHA%20DO%20Lr.%20Dt.%2018.5.2020%20to%20Chief%20Secretaries%20reg.%20measures%20to%20be%20taken%20in%20movement%20of%20stranded%20workers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>Click here to see Official Communication to States<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Home Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>[Press Release dt. 19-05-2020]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Source: PIB]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a communication to the States, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has noted that fear of COVID-19 infection and apprehension of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[41456,39839,39924,40243,4421],"class_list":["post-229821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-buses-trains","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-migrant-workers","tag-railways"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 | Dispel rumours, give clarity on train\/bus departures: MHA to States; 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