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New Delhi India’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a series of orders to alleviate a looming humanitarian crisis among millions of migrant workers stranded in cities as the country enters a third month of coronavirus lockdown.
A three-judge bench directed the government to grant free bus and train travel for the migrants to return to their home states, adding that the fare cost will be shared by the respective states, legal news website Bar & Bench reported.
The government previously said labourers would not be charged for travel, however domestic media have reported cases of fares being demanded from destitute workers.
The states will also have to provide food and water to stranded workers until arrangements are made to transport them home, the judges said.
India’s lockdown has left millions out of work and resulted in a mass exodus from urban centres to villages, with workers trying to get home on trains and buses. Some groups even set off on foot.
A number of migrant deaths on the road have been reported, both from exposure to the sweltering heat and a lack of food and water. (DPA)
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