Published 06:34 IST, May 15th 2020

Gehlot asks officials to ensure basic facilities in special camps for migrants

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot osaid sub-divisional officers are responsible for ensuring basic facilities such as food, drinking water & toilets

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said sub-divisional officers are responsible for ensuring basic facilities such as food, drinking water and toilets in special camps set up for migrants in view of COVID-19-induced lockdown.

He said it is painful to see migrant labourers walking to ir homes and assured that state government will ensure all arrangements for mitigating ir sufferings.

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chief minister instructed all district collectors to ensure all necessary arrangements with immediate effect. 

He asked m to open special camps for migrants and provide basic facilities, including food, drinking water and toilets, to m at special camps. Sub-divisional officers will be responsible for se arrangements, Gehlot said as per an official statement.

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Gehlot directed managing director of state roways to provide buses as per demand of district collectors so that migrants workers can be easily transported to designated places. 

District collectors should also ensure that buses are available as per demand of sub-divisional officers on important routes, he said. 

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Gehlot said sub-divisional officers will ensure that workers travel on ro.

06:34 IST, May 15th 2020