UP plans 100,000 Covid beds as 325,000 stranded labourers return in 2 weeks

State gears up to meet exigencies, with more than a million migrants expected to arrive in the near future

Amid the large-scale influx of migrant labourers due to the lockdown, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to make arrangements for 100,000 covid-19 beds across the state.

As commercial and industrial activity in UP has started reviving under the controlled relaxations announced by the government, the state is gearing up to deal with exigencies, with more than a million migrants expected to arrive in the near future.

In fact, some 325,000 stranded workers have returned in the past two weeks by either train or bus.

So far, the state government has made arrangements for more than 52,000 covid-19 beds in the public and