- State Government paid Rs 4 lakh to Railways as fare of 600 Labourers
- Remaining 600 workers fare paid
by companies & contractors
Jaipur, May 13. Twelve hundred
labourers, who were sent from Barmer to
Motihari in Bihar did not have to pay any train fare. The fare of 600
labourers was borne by state government while the fare of the remaining 600
labourers was paid by various companies and contractors directly to the
railways.
The District Collector Barmer Shri Vishram Meena informed that as per the
guidelines issued by the Central Government and subsequently by the State
Government, the stranded migrant labourers, tourists, pilgrims, students and
others were allowed to be transported to their home states. As a follow of
these guidelines, it was decided to send the migrant labourersto their
native states through various means of transport, he added.
Shri Meena said that survey and
identification of such workers of Bihar was
done through sub divisional officers, in which about 1675 workers were
identified in Barmer district. Of these, 600 workers were found to be stranded
as per the guidelines of the Central and State Government. The remaining 1075
labourers were found engaged in works being carried on by other companies on
behalf of Vedanta Cairn Energy India Limited, the main company of oil mining in
the district. These companies include LNT, Unique Enter Prices, Oswal Infrastructure, JSW, CP,
Aroltech Infra Company etc. Similarly, the work of Cairn Vedanta was being
executed by companies like Neostrechto, Chatterjee Engineering, Neptune Power,
Roshan Traders etc. in the Gudmalani region in the district, Shri Meena stated.
The District Collector apprised
that a proposal was submitted to the Transport Commissioner to send 1675 workers stranded in Barmer district to Bihar through train. This was approved and 1200
passengers were sent from Barmer to Motiharithrough train on May 10. The
District Administration paid Rs 4.05 lakh
to the Railways as fare at the rate of Rs 675
per labourer of 600 workers on the train. Similarly, the fare of 316 workers of
Barmer subdivision and 284 laborers of Gudmalani subdivision was deposited
directly into the railway account by various companies and contractors.
It is to be noted that no fare has been paid by any labourer and on the basis of the report received from the sub divisional officers, no contractor also has charged any amount from the
labourers.
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