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COVID-19: Odisha Workers Stranded Because They Don’t Have Aadhaar -Rakhi Ghosh

-TheWire.in

Migrant workers from Odisha tell The Wire they remain stranded because they don’t have Aadhar ID. Ironically, they missed out on Aadhar enrolment because they were away from their villages for work

Bhubaneswar: Migrant workers hailing from Odisha, stranded in different parts of India since the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus began on March 25, 2020, were relieved when the state government announced plans for their return home on April 26. The announcement by chief minister Naveen Patnaik came after reports emerged of unrest among workers in Surat demanding to be taken home to Odisha.

Patnaik had stated, after discussions with his counterparts in states including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Kerala, that stranded workers would be brought back to Odisha by train, after registering with the state government. Within 48 hours of Odisha launching a web portal for registration, 4.82 lakh people had applied to return. Rough estimates put Odisha’s migrant worker population at around 20 lakh. Till date – day 46 of the lockdown – nearly 50,000 workers are believed to have returned to Odisha.

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