In #Madurai, 100 of workers helping construct the Natham elevated flyover from West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar protested against their contractor for not paying a month's salary. They want to go back to their homes now. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/send-us-back-home-migrant-workers-urge-governments/article31576684.ece

Migrant workers from Madurai are using 3 ways to get back home- Registering online- Applying for forms at the Collector's office- Applying with Tahsildars and VAOs. Several others are procuring inter State e-passes and paying hefty sums to go back.

Sonam Kunti, a goldsmith who works with a small-scale jeweller near Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple, is from West Bengal’s Asansol city, says that those who procured e-passes paid a total of ₹ 8,000 each to secure a birth in a private bus plying from Madurai to West Bengal.

“Although shopkeepers do not say much when we sometimes step out to buy vegetables, people often say ‘Corona, Corona’ when we arrive,” another Mr. Anarunya Aziruddin says.

Attaching to this thread, a view point from industrialists. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/migrant-workers-must-not-be-allowed-to-go-back-home/article31575514.ece