Migrants now returning in fewer numbers to Uttarakhand

An Uttarakhand Transport Corporation official told The Indian Express that 100 buses were sent to Delhi on May 25, and the people who registered to return were given information in advance.

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The rush of migrant workers who registered to return to Uttarakhand is on the decline, with only 3 per cent of the remaining one lakh people travelling back in the conveyance arranged by the government.

After a cabinet meeting on Friday, government spokesperson Madan Kaushik said, “Out of the people who have registered, maximum have come to the state. The over one lakh yet to come were contacted… around 30,000 responded and only 3,000 gave their confirmation to travel.”

He said that the restarting of work in industrial units could be a reason why the migrant workers declined to return.