Migrants in UP pack their bags as former employers lay out red carpet for their returnindiaUpdated: Sep 12, 2020 10:23 ISTVikram Rajput, a native of Mawai village in Jhansi, is ready to get back to work. With shattered dreams and meager savings, I travelled hundreds of kilometers along with other workers to reach home in mid-April. The deprivation and fear of Covid pandemic had forced the workers to return to their villages. Workers are more than willing to return,” said professor Rajesh Kumar Mishra, former head of sociology department in Lucknow University. Labour minister Swami Prasad Maurya said the state government had succeeded in providing employment to several migrants as per their skills.

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2020 03:39 UTC