Nearly four lakh migrants stranded in the national capital have registered with the Delhi government to go back to their hometowns. A large majority of them are residents of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Of the around four lakh people who registered on the Delhi government's e-portal, a total of 1.95 lakh are residents of Bihar and 1.84 lakh belong to Uttar Pradesh. Of the registrations received for Bihar, around 14,836 people are from Darbhanga, 14,355 registered for Madhubani, 11,156 for Sitamarhi, 11,707 want to go back to Muzaffarpur and 10,247 belonged to Katihar.
Similarly, for Uttar Pradesh, 14,914 migrants have registered to go back to Azamgarh, 13,279 are from Gorakhpur, 11,554 from Jaunpur, 8,103 migrants belong to Ambedkarnagar and 7,770 want to go back to Basti.
Around 25 trains left from Delhi for different states on Wednesday, carrying 37,500 migrants back to their hometowns, with 11 trains each being sent to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Transportation has been arranged for around 65,000 migrants until now.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has written to the Ministry of Railways to provide 262 trains in the next four days to send migrants back to their home districts. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had also requested the Centre to increase the number of trains from Delhi to send maximum migrants back to their native states.
“Around 65,000 people have been sent back to their homes until now. We are also seeking permission from other states to send migrants back to their hometowns. As soon as we get the permit, we are sanctioning trains for those states,” Sisodia said.
