‘No migrant is crossing Yamuna river to enter Uttar Pradesh’

Deputy commissioner Mukul Kumar along with superintendent of police Himanshu Garg and other officials visited a few villages situated on the western bank of Yamuna River.

After multiple reports and videos claiming that migrants are crossing the Yamuna River to enter Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, senior officials of the Yamunanagar administration on Saturday inspected several areas near the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border to access the situation.

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Deputy commissioner Mukul Kumar along with superintendent of police Himanshu Garg and other officials visited a few villages situated on the western bank of Yamuna River.

The DC said, “As of now, there is no movement across the Yamuna and we are inspecting the areas since morning. Normally, there is movement near the ghats which have lesser water levels. However, we have deployed adequate forces to avoid any such situation.”

He said, “If any migrant labourers want to return to their native place, they will be sent back by bus or train. Till date, around 7,200 migrant workers from Yamunanagar have been sent to their home states, including 517 from Bihar, 6,518 from Uttar Pradesh, three from Ladakh, 19 students and labourers from Jammu and Kashmir, 130 from Uttarakhand. They were sent back home free of cost through buses and railways as per the orders of Haryana government.”