Senior BJP leader and former chief minister Babulal Marandi has asked chief minister Hemant Soren to consider opening Jharkhand pravasi kendras in major cities to cater to the interests of migrant workers of the state. In a letter written to Hemant on Tuesday, Marandi pointed out that such centres, on the lines of foreign embassies or consulates, can monitor workers who would go out from Jharkhand and look after their interests. “It would be easy for the government to reach out to such workers,” Marandi pointed out, alluding to the state government having had to open helplines to seek details of workers who were stranded due to Covid-induced lockdown. He suggested that the state government prepare a database of all workers with individual details like skill and place of work. As such, the workers who had returned would tend to go out again in search of work, the former chief minister opined.

Source: The Telegraph June 09, 2020 14:46 UTC