Yogi to set up migrant commission in UP
LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday, announced the setting up of a Migration Commission for the welfare of migrants.
The Commission will look into the emergent issues of the skill mapping of these workers and provide them with jobs and social security.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to prepare the roadmap of constituting the Migration Commission and taking forward the agenda of providing jobs to the incoming migrants.
He said that 23 lakh migrant workers have returned to UP from industrialised states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand etc.
About 1.5 lakh workers are returning every day on an average.
UP additional chief secretary Avanish Kumar Awasthi said here on Sunday that, “The Commission will take steps for providing employment to the migrants, so that they could be integrated into the state’s economy.” He said the state is looking to harnessing the workmanship and skills of migrants by mapping their skills.
“Interestingly, several of these workers are trained paramedics and the chief minister has suggested their services should be utilized to overcome the current shortage in the state,” he added.
Earlier, Chief Minister had instructed officials to create more than 20 lakh local level employment opportunities for migrants.
Meanwhile, a group of migrant workers travelling back to Bihar’s Gaya from Punjab’s Amritsar looted snacks and water bottles meant for distribution among Sharmik Special passengers, official sources said on Sunday.
According to northern railway officials, the incident occurred around 5:30pm on Friday.
The official said that the group looted four cartons of snacks as these were being carted in for train passengers by IRCTC staff.
The migrants carried as many packets of chips, biscuits and water bottles as they could carry and fled the spot immediately.
There was no railway police or other officials to intervene and restore order.
Separately, four days after nine bodies were recovered from a well in Telangana’s Warangal district, police have not reached to a conclusion whether it was a murder or mass suicide.
Multiples teams formed by Warangal police were making hectic efforts to gather evidence in the sensational case, which is proving to be a challenge for the investigators.