5,239 migrants registered in Solan since January
In a bid to speed up registration of migrants in Solan district, a special campaign has been initiated. Under this campaign, street vendors and labourers engaged in various activities are being identified and registered at the nearest police station.
Maximum migrants who come to work in Solan hail from Uttar Pradesh, followed by Bihar, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. As many as 5,239 workers are engaged in various activities in the district as per figures of registered migrants for the year obtained from the Solan police.
The police is also maintaining a strict vigil on suspicious and anti-social elements, besides initiating action under preventive Sections to avert crimes as the demand for migrants’ registration has been vociferously raised by several local organisations in the state.
"A total of 1,207 migrant labourers have been registered in the month of September, of which 18 are from Kashmir, 359 from Uttar Pradesh, 166 from Bihar, 362 from Jharkhand, 125 from Nepal and 177 from other states," said Solan SP Gaurav Singh.
He added that the Solan police had registered a total of 5,239 migrant labourers and workers since January this year. Out of this, 281 are from Kashmir, 1,641 from Uttar Pradesh, 803 from Bihar, 731 from Jharkhand, 681 from Nepal and 1,102 from other states.
Under the recent campaign to register migrants, all shopkeepers, house owners, hotel operators, owners of small industries and contractors have been asked to ensure police verification and registration of the migrant workers and labourers living or working with them. The migrants have been asked to deposit their Aadhar cards for registration.
Local residents had expressed concern about the increasing population of migrants as reports of skirmishes with them have been reported at some places such as Dharampur and Garkhal. Registration of these workers will help the police in tracing them in case they flee after committing a crime and also act as a deterrent against the anti-social elements who could have taken refuge here. Cases of Haryana-based gangsters staying in Solan without any verification had come to the fore a few years ago.
