CM seeks MHA permission for charter flights to bring migrants from difficult areas

Jharkhand government has requested Ministry of Home Affairs for permission to bring stranded migrant workers from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakh and rth-East by charter flights as y could t be ferried by buses or trains from se difficult places.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for flight permission on May 12, again urged him for permission to bring back migrant workers by charter planes, an official release said on Thursday.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren has requested Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, to give permission to bring back migrant workers who are stranded in Andaman & Nicobar, Lakh and rth-Eastern states by chartered planes as re are or means to transport stranded workers, it said. It referred to how Prime Minister Narendra Modis permission for movement of stranded people of Jharkhand by special trains helped bring back about 1.5 lakh migrant workers, students and or people of state so far.

In his request, Soren informed that about 200 workers in Lakh and 450 workers in rth-Eastern states were still stuck and it was t possible to bring m back by trains and buses, so flight permission be sanctioned to bring m back safely, it said. first transport of migrant was allowed when a shramik special from Telengana reached Hatia railway station on May one- paving way for running of such trains across states during coronavirus-induced lockdown.