UP govt brings back over 12,000 stranded labourers from Haryana

More than 12,000 labourers from Uttar Pradesh, who had been stranded in Haryana due to the nationwide lockdown, have been brought back to the state.

“Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already issued directions that labourers belonging to UP, who are working in other states and have completed 14 days of quarantine, should be brought back,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Awasthi told reporters on Monday (April 27).

A total of 12,216 labourers were brought back from Haryana in 410 buses by April 26 evening, he said. These labourers are being sent to their respective home districts in 394 buses, where they will be kept in a 14-day quarantine, Awasthi said.

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He also said the government has started the process of sending over 9,000 students living in Allahabad to their homes in a phased manner. “The students, including those preparing for various competitive exams, will be sent back to homes in 300 buses in three phases. The buses will ply from three different places in Prayagraj (Allahabad),” Awasthi said.

He also claimed that Uttar Pradesh was the first state to bring back its students from coaching hub Kota in Rajasthan. “If governments of other states want to take back their students (studying in Prayagraj) to their respective states, it will be permitted,” Awasthi said.