645 migrants leave for Jharkhand

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, May 16

In the wake of nationwide lockdown, 645 persons from Hoshiarpur district were sent to Jharkhand via special train in Jalandhar. The district administration provided them free buses which left from ITI Hoshiarpur for the railway station Jalandhar from where they boarded the train. Of these 645 persons, 493 were from Hoshiarpur subdivision, 98 from Dasuya, 43 from Garhshankar and 11 from Mukerian subdivision.

SDM Major Amit Mahajan interacted with migrants and wished for their bright future. Residents of Jharkhand who left via buses from Hoshiarpur said that every necessary facility was provided by the district administration during the lockdown. Migrants said they would return to Hoshiarpur after the end of lockdown.

Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait said residents of different states who wish to go back were being sent to their states. Free bus and train facility have been provided to the passengers going to Jharkhand. Medical screening of these persons was done, food and drink were also provided. Mukerian Tehsildar Jagtar Singh was present along with the team at the railway station Jalandhar to facilitate them board the train. Earlier, 127 persons were sent to Uttarakhand via buses from the district.

36 leave for Gwalior by bus

Talwara: While the process of sending migrant people to their homes, 36 residents of Madhya Pradesh, who wanted to go home at their own expenses, left for MP by hiring a private company’s bus to Gwalior.

During this, Santosh Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Nand Ram, Deepak Kumar, Dharminder, Rakesh Kumar, Suresh Kumar, Priyanka and Arun told that by hiring private company bus for Rs 60,000, the migrants paid Rs 1,700 per person. They thanked Joginder Pal Shinda, member of Nagar Panchayat, Talwara, and the local administration wholeheartedly for supporting and providing them all sort of help during lockdown.

Talwara Naib Tehsildar Manohar Lal said the migrants were screened at the BBMB Hospital in Talwara. Before leaving for their native state they were provided food and water.