#MigrantWorkers : Supreme Court's interim directions-

➢No fare either by train or by bus shall be charged from any migrant workers.

The railway fare shall be shared by the States as per their arrangement as submitted by the learned Solicitor General and in no case any fare should be asked or charged from any migrant workers by the States and the Railways.

➢The migrant workers who are stranded at different places in the country shall be provided food free of cost by the concerned States/UTS at different places which shall be publicized & notified to them during the period they are waiting for their turn to board the train or bus.

➢Initially, as stated by SG, the originating State shall provide water&meal and during the journey, the railways shall provide meal and water to the migrant workers and same facilities shall be extended when the migrant workers are transported by bus.....

.....The State shall take care of providing necessities water and meal during the period of transportation either in the bus or in the camps on the way.

➢ The state shall simplify and speed up the process of registration of migrant workers and also provide a help desk for registration at the places where they are stranded.

➢The State shall try to endeavour that after registration the workers should be asked to board the train or bus at the earliest and complete information should be publicized to all the concerned regarding the mode of transport.

➢Those migrant workers who are found walking on the highways or roads shall be immediately taken care by the concerned State / UTs and they shall be provided the transport to the destination and all facilities including food&water be provided to those found walking on the road

➢The receiving State, after the migrant workers reach his native place, shall provide transport, health screening and other facilities free of cost.