Gujarat, Maharashtra see largest number of migrant labourers leaving for UP

Awasthi reiterated that Chief Minister Adityanath had issued directives to treat these migrants with full dignity and has sought strict action in cases of misbehaviour

Amid the interstate exodus of stranded labourers by trains following the Covid-19 lockdown, Gujarat and Maharashtra have accounted for the maximum flight of migrants to Uttar Pradesh so far.

Of the influx of more than 400,000 migrant labourers in UP, Gujarat and Maharashtra have seen the exodus of about 200,000 and 50,000 labourers to the state, respectively, by ‘Shramik Special’ trains.

Gujarat also accounted for the departure of maximum 156 trains carrying UP migrants, followed by Maharashtra 38; thus the two states accounted for more than 60 per cent of the 268 trains reaching UP.

So far, 50 trains ferrying 60,000 labourers have