Government expected to roll out plan for stranded labour in few days

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 15

With migrant labourers thronging the Bandra railway station in Mumbai on Tuesday, the empowered group on “Economic and Social Welfare” today discussed measures to further mitigate the problems faced by them. The panel is headed by Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty.

Edit: Bandra furore

Sources said a number of additional measures were discussed. Based on the recommendations of the Empowered Group, set up by the PM, the government is expected to roll out in a couple of days a detailed plan to help stranded workers.

Apart from directly intervening through an additional economic package in an attempt to alleviate their suffering, the sources said, the government was making efforts to find ways to address the concerns of the industry, particularly MSMEs regarding shortage of labour when they re-open. “This will make way for such workers to find livelihood,” said the sources.

Mumbai man Dubey held for Bandra fracas

Mumbai: Left red-faced after more than 1,000 migrant workers held a protest at Bandra on Tuesday, the authorities in Maharashtra arrested a Navi Mumbai resident, Vinay Dubey, for offensive social media posts and booked a TV journalist for a ‘false’ news report. Dubey was arrested for posting messages on the social media which allegedly led to hundreds of migrant workers, stuck in Mumbai due to the lockdown, gathering near the Bandra station. PTI

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