Mumbai Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has urged migrant labourers to stay in the relief camps and not to make any attempt to go back to their villages or states during the lockdown. Deshmukh has assured that the government will continue to provide them with two meals and medical facilities in the relief camps.
He has also directed the police department to check that the migrant labourers stay in the relief camps and not venture out. There are over 6 lakh migrant workers staying in the relief camps across the state.
Deshmukh's move comes after a large number of migrant workers in Surat blocked roads and pelted stones demanding salaries and transportation arrangements to go back to their hometowns over fear of the extension of the locodown two days ago.
Workers also set vegetable carts on fire and vandalised properties and shops along the road in Lasanaka, a migrant hub in Surat. Deshmukh told FPJ, ''I have appealed to the migrant workers to stay in the relief camps and assured all the necessary help from the government.
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I have also told them that the entire administration and the police department in particular are with them and urged them to cooperate during the lockdown, which has now been extended up to April 30.'' 'If they make any attempt to return to their village or cross the state border, they will be stopped.
Even if they manage to reach their village, they will be prohibited from entering and will be homeless. By then, they may get infected with the virus,'' said Deshmukh. He reiterated that he has called upon migrant workers to stay at their respective locations.
Meanwhile, Deshmukh warned that the police will take stern action against those indulging into crime against women during the lockdown. ''The government will remain firmly with the woman and ensure security. The government will implement necessary laws to curb such incidents,'' said the minister.
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