The 21-day national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week as part of measures to curb the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has hit migrant workers the hardest.
These people who're trying to go back home are reportedly facing obstacles in the form of lack of access to food to walking on highways for days together in the absence of any public transport.
The plight, however, has urged various state governments to coordinate and help them workers.
Here's a compilation of tweets by chief ministers and other leaders urging their peers from other states to help them and other stranded citizens visiting other states for work or pilgrimages:
Please Take Care Of Odias In Your State: Naveen Patnaik
Earnestly appeal all my colleague CMs to provide basic food, accommodation & security to people from #Odisha stranded in any part of your state due to #21daylockdown.Odisha will bear the cost needed for their safe keeping who could be pilgrims, student, workers or professionals.
Maharashtra To Bengal: We'll Take Care Of You
This morning I received a call from @derekobrienmp with a message from Bengal CM @MamataOfficial ji. About 800 labour stuck in Maharashtra.
Ofcourse we can't let them go back as state borders are sealed, but we reached out and are taking care of them. #WarAgainstVirusTeamwork worked.
And now #Bengal CM writes to 18 CMs. https://t.co/oX50mzD4PfUP CM Appeals To Uttarakhand, Bihar Governments
कोरोना के बढ़ते संक्रमण के दृष्टिगत पूरे देश में लॉकडाउन की स्थिति के चलते उत्तराखंड राज्य के मुख्यमंत्री श्री @tsrawatbjp जी से बातचीत कर उन्हें आश्वस्त किया कि उत्तराखंड के सभी निवासियों के भोजन व उनके संरक्षण की व्यवस्था उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार द्वारा की जाएगी।
बिहार के उप मुख्यमंत्री श्री @SushilModi जी से वार्ता कर उन्हें आश्वस्त किया कि बिहार राज्य जाने वाले सभी व्यक्तियों का पूरा ख्याल रखा जाएगा और सभी को सुरक्षित उनके गंतव्य स्थल तक भेजा जाएगा।
When Devotees From Punjab Were Stranded In Nanded
@capt_amarinder ji the Nanded Administration has taken care of their stay & safety in Nanded & their food has been taken care of by the Gurudwara Board. https://t.co/0Tk4U1R8o7
Delhi To Jharkhand: We're All One
दिनेश जी पूरे देश में लॉकडाउन है। जो जहाँ है वहीं रहना सुरक्षित है।
मुख्यमंत्री @ArvindKejriwal जी से आग्रह है मालवीय नगर में फँसे झारखण्ड के मेरे साथी भाईयों की मदद करे।@jharkhand181 आप लोग भी मामले को संज्ञान में लेकर आगे की कार्यवाई हेतु जानकारी एकत्र कर सूचित करें। https://t.co/Mr3TO7sVTG.@HemantSorenJMM ji, दिल्ली में रहने वाला झारखंड का एक एक व्यक्ति हमारा अपना है। आप उनकी बिलकुल चिंता मत कीजिए। https://t.co/nCtSzIn9rh
Tharoor Contacts Uddhav Thackeray To Help Stranded Truck Drivers
@ShashiTharoor ji the Kerala truck drivers have been given a safe passage before the lockdown yesterday. https://t.co/KXUpS5gAD2
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