Mayawati hails SC's relief for migrants, asks govt to find jobs for them near their homes

A day after SC's relief for migrant labourers stuck around the country, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati claimed that the real test for the governments would be to find permanent jobs for the labourers around their homes. On Thursday, May 28, three-judge SC bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice MR Shah passed interim directions to ameliorate the problems faced by migrant workers stranded in different states across the country. 

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The BSP leader claimed that the government had been ignoring the suggestion of the BSP to 'ferry migrants for free' by bus or train and that they had finally found relief after being stranded for 66 days. Further, the former UP CM said that the real test for the governments would be to find permanent jobs for the migrants in and around their home states. Mayawati said that the immediate priority of both, the states and the Centre, should be to solve the basic problem of livelihood of the migrant labourers belonging to UP and Bihar. 

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Mayawati claims govt ignored BSP's suggestion

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Interim directions by SC

• No fare either by train or bus will be charged from migrant workers. The Railway fare will be shared by states.
• All migrants who are stranded shall be provided food by the concerned state at places publicised and notified for the period that they are waiting for their turn.
• The originating state should provide food and water at the station and thereafter, food and water shall be provided by Railways during the train journey. Subsequently, the destination state shall give transport, food, and water from stations to their villages. This is applicable even for bus journeys.
• States shall speed up registration of migrant workers and build help desks near places where they are stranded. They should ensure that after registration, the migrant workers are made to board the train or bus at an early date. Complete information needs to be publicized so that migrants are aware of this 
• Whenever a migrant is found walking on the road they will be taken to the camps at the earliest and provide facilities.
• As and when the state governments put in a request for trains, Railways has to provide them.

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