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UP: Cong seeks permission to run 1,000 buses for migrants
The Congress has requested the UP government for permission to run 1,000 buses to carry home migrant workers, who are arriving in the state in large numbers.
The Congress has requested the UP government for permission to run 1,000 buses to carry home migrant workers, who are arriving in the state in large numbers.
In a letter requesting chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the party would bear the cost of running these buses from the Ghaziabad and Noida borders with the national capital.
“Congress, in its responsibility towards hapless migrant labourers, wants to run 500 buses from the Ghazipur border and another 500 from the Noida border. All India Congress Committee will bear the cost of running these buses. We want permission to run 1,000 buses following all norms for protection against Covid-19 pandemic to help the migrant labourers,” said Priyanka Gandhi in her letter dated May 16 that a party delegation delivered to the chief minister’s office here on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee Ajay Kumar Lallu and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Aradhana Mishra led the delegation that also included senior leaders Naseemuddin Sidiqui, RK Chaudhary and Shyam Kishore Shukla.
“We delivered the letter to the chief minister’s office as the issue needs immediate attention and seeking an appointment with chief minister may have taken time,” said Mishra, while expressing concern over the plight of migrant labourers.
In her letter, Priyanka Gandhi further said, “Lakhs of migrant labourers are returning from different corners of the country. No arrangement has been made for the safe return of these migrant labourers walking down to their homes. So far, 65 migrant labourers have died in different road accidents. This number is more than those killed by Covid-19 pandemic in the state.”
Calling migrant labourers nation-builders, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, “The nation builders could not be left in such a condition and AICC is committed to help them.”
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been sending letters to the chief minister and making some suggestions for fighting Covid-19.
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