Nagpur Chief of Police interacts with migrant labourers, assures all assistance
Nagpur:- On Monday, municipal police chief BK Upadhyay visited the inter-state bus operation center in Panjri naka on the outskirts of Nagpur from where hundreds of migrant laborers are sent back to their native sites. Upadhyay assured them of every possible help.
The migrant labourers had assembled at the Panjri toll naka, one of the city’s seven entry and exit points, following the government’s declared lockdown to break the Covid-19 infection chain.
Laborers from UP, MP, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and other states, besides other Maharashtra districts, have gathered in thousands here. With the support of volunteers, the City Police had already sent back more than 5,000 labourers in over 50 buses. A team, led by additional CP Nilesh Bharne and supervised by CP Upadhyay and zonal DCP Nirmala Devi S, had roped in NGOs and volunteers to shelter, serve food and also perform required medical checks and thermal screening for their interstate journeys back to their states.
CP Upadhyay said all services are provided by the active involvement of the cops and their volunteers. “The labourers are being returned free of charge. The government is making arrangements for their returns and also paying the funds they need,” he said. “We carry out medical tests and full formalities to return the staff,” he said.
