Maharashtra spent Rs 100 cr to transport 1.1 mn migrants: Home Minister

The Maharashtra government has spent Rs 100 crore on transporting more than 1.1 million migrant labourers to their home states without waiting for any Central aid, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said here on Saturday.

He said the state government provided railway tickets to labourers besides food packets and other necessary items.

"The Central government had assured to provide 85 per cent subsidy (on tickets of labourers travelling out of Maharashtra in 'Shramik' special trains), but the state government didn't wait for the financial aid and spent Rs 100 crore for transporting over 11 lakh migrant labourers," Deshmukh told reporters after chairing a