Supreme Court of India today directed Union government to issue necessary instructions to Ministry of Railways to take necessary and adequate measures to cater to the need of migrant labourers.
Also Apex court directed NCT of Delhi, state of UP and state of Haryana (for the districts included in the NCR) to open community kitchens at well-advertised places (in the National Capital Region) to provde two meals a day to stranded migrant labourers.
Further, the court directed the BJP led Modi’s Union government as well as the Government of state of NCT of Delhi, state of UP and state of Haryana (for the districts included in the NCR) to file a reply suggesting means and measures by which they shall improve miseries of stranded migrant labourers.
The order was passed on an application by activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar, who had moved an urgent application before the Supreme Court seeking directions to ensure that migrant workers are not deprived of ration and food security and are able to travel back to their homes at nominal cost.
