Kerala: 1,162 guest workers in Malappuram return to UP

Malappuram: A total of 1 ,162 guest workers from Uttar Pradesh returned to their home state in a special train from Tirur railway station on Monday evening.

Last week, guest workers from the district had returned to Bihar and Madhya Pradesh in three trains operated from Tirur and Kozhikode.

On Monday, 303 workers from Tirur taluk, 150 from Perinthalmanna, 301 from Kondotty and 408 from Tirurangadi returned in the train which left for Lucknow around 7pm.

Earlier, police had prepared a list of the guest workers who wanted to return to UP and district administration granted approval for the list.

On Monday morning, the workers were shifted from their labour camps to the health centres set up in each taluk. In Tirur taluk, health screening was held in Puthanathani and Tirur bus stands. In Perinthalmanna and Kondotty, the examination was held in Central GMLP School and Melangadi VHS School, respectively.

Those who completed the health check-up were shifted to railway stations in 30 KSRTC buses.

Meanwhile, district administration distributed more than 2.14 lakh food kits to guest workers staying at labour camps across the district.

There were a total of 65,255 guest workers, including 76 people from Nepal, residing in the district. Among them, 26,997 people were from West Bengal, which is highest. A total of 5,438 persons were from Bihar, 4,633 from Uttar Pradesh, 5,421 from Odisha, 10,680 from Assam and 6,540 from Tamil Nadu.