Social distancing goes for a toss as the migrant workers gather to register for special trains to Patna in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
Ghaziabad| Thousands of migrant workers gather at Ramlila Ground in Ghaziabad for registering themselves for the three Shramik special trains, which will leave for different parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar later today.
Migrant workers are being sent from Ramlila Committee (Ghaziabad) to their villages by bus, a report said.
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More visuals from Ghaziabad where migrants have turned up in large numbers to get themselves registered for special trains. This is the time medical screening and quarantine facilities in East UP and Bihar should be stepped up to the maximum. pic.twitter.com/oGZAs4yIfx
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Ghaziabad District has nearly 70 active COVID-19 cases.
According to the reports, the district administration had asked the migrants to come to the Ramlila Ground so that formalities like screening and registration could be done before sending them to their respective native places.
After the Auraiya accident that claimed lives of at least 26 migrant labourers on Saturday early morning, the UP government had directed all the district magistrates to seal the borders to restrain the movement of migrants without proper arrangements.
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